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.
SUPERINCUMBENT
superincumbent
(adjective) lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; “superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
superincumbent (comparative more superincumbent, superlative most superincumbent)
(chiefly science) Lying or resting on something else; overlying.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*in*cum"bent, a. Etym: [L. superincumbens, p.pr. of superincumbere. See Super-, and Incumbent.]
Definition: Lying or resting on something else.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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