Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
SPURTLE
Etymology 1
Noun
spurtle (plural spurtles)
Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
Etymology 2
Verb
spurtle (third-person singular simple present spurtles, present participle spurtling, simple past and past participle spurtled)
To spurt, spatter or sputter; to spurt in a scattering manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Spur"tle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. of spurt.]
Definition: To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner. [Obs.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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