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.
TAMPIONS
Noun
tampions
plural of tampion
Anagrams
• main pots, maintops
Source: Wiktionary
TAMPION
Tam"pi*on, n. Etym: [F. tampon, tapon, tape, of Dutch or German origin. See Tap a pipe or plug, and cf. Tamp, Tampop, Tompion.] [Written also tampeon, and tompion.]
1. A wooden stopper, or plug, as for a cannon or other piece of ordnance, when not in use.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A plug for upper end of an organ pipe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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