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.
SYNCRETISTS
Noun
syncretists
plural of syncretist
Source: Wiktionary
SYNCRETIST
Syn"cre*tist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. syncrétiste.]
Definition: One who attempts to unite principles or parties which are irreconcilably at variance; specifically (Eccl. Hist.),
Definition: an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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