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.
SUMPS
Noun
sumps
plural of sump
Verb
sumps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sump
Source: Wiktionary
SUMP
Sump, n. Etym: [Cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to LG. sump, D. somp a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump, and perhaps to E. swamp.]
1. (Metal.)
Definition: A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. Ray.
2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
3. A pond of water for salt works. Knight.
4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.] Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water.
– Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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