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.
STARCHY
starchy, stiff, buckram
(adjective) rigidly formal; “a starchy manner”; “the letter was stiff and formal”; “his prose has a buckram quality”
starchy
(adjective) consisting of or containing starch; “starchy foods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
starchy (comparative starchier or more starchy, superlative starchiest or most starchy)
Of or pertaining to starch.
Containing starch.
Having the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
Having a starched personality; stiffly formal.
Source: Wiktionary
Starch"y, a.
Definition: Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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