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.
STACCATI
Noun
staccati
plural of staccato
Source: Wiktionary
STACCATO
Stac*ca"to, a. Etym: [It., p.p. of staccere, equivalent to distaccare. See Detach.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: Disconnected; separated; distinct; -- a direction to perform the notes of a passage in a short, distinct, and pointed manner. It is opposed to legato, and often indicated by heavy accents written over or under the notes, or by dots when the performance is to be less distinct and emphatic.
2. Expressed in a brief, pointed manner. Staccato and peremptory [literary criticism]. G. Eliot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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