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.
TATTILY
cheaply, tattily, inexpensively
(adverb) in a cheap manner; “a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
tattily (comparative more tattily, superlative most tattily)
In a tatty manner.
Source: Wiktionary
TATTY
Tat"ty, n.; pl. Tatties (#). [Hind. tsatstsi.]
Definition: A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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