torrefied
simple past tense and past participle of torrefy
torrefied (comparative more torrefied, superlative most torrefied)
Having undergone torrefaction; dried or roasted.
• fore-tried
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"re*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Torrefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Torrefying.] Etym: [L. torrere to parch + -fy: cf. F. torréfier, L. torrefacere.] [Written also torrify.]
1. To dry by a fire. Sir T. Browne.
2. (Metal.)
Definition: To subject to scorching heat, so as to drive off volatile ingredients; to roast, as ores.
3. (Pharm.)
Definition: To dry or parch, as drugs, on a metallic plate till they are friable, or are reduced to the state desired.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
