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.
SYRUP
syrup, sirup
(noun) a thick sweet sticky liquid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
syrup (countable and uncountable, plural syrups)
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavouring.
(by extension) Any viscous liquid.
(Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig.
Anagrams
• pursy
Source: Wiktionary
Sir"up Syr"up, n. Etym: [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. sharab a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Cf. Sherbet.]
1. A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
2. A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated. Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. Keats. Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose.
Syr"up, n., Syr"up*y, a. Etym: [See Sirup.]
Definition: Same as Sirup, Sirupy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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