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.
TARBOOSHES
Noun
tarbooshes
plural of tarboosh
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Source: Wiktionary
TARBOOSH
Tar*boosh", n. Etym: [Ar. tarb; perhaps from Per. sar-posh headdress: cf. F. tarbouch.]
Definition: A red cap worn by Turks and other Eastern nations, sometimes alone and sometimes swathed with linen or other stuff to make a turban. See Fez.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
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