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.
TOTED
Verb
toted
simple past tense and past participle of tote
Source: Wiktionary
TOTE
Tote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Toted; p. pr. & vb. n. Toting.] Etym: [Said to be of African origin.]
Definition: To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.
Tote, n. Etym: [L. totum, fr.totus all, whole.]
Definition: The entire body, or all; as, the whole tote. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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