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.
tael
(noun) a unit of weight used in east Asia approximately equal to 1.3 ounces
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tael (plural taels)
Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams.
Any of several monetary units equal to the equivalent weight in silver.
(Hong Kong) leung, a traditional unit of weight, in modern usage legally defined as 1/16 of a catty or kan (ć–¤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms
• EATL, ETLA, Elta, LATE, TEAL, TEAl, Teal, et al, et al., late, leat, tale, teal, tela
Source: Wiktionary
Tael, n. Etym: [Malay ta, a certain weight, probably fr. Hind. tola, Skr. tula a balance, weight, tul to weigh.]
Definition: A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third. [Written also tale.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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.