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.
TROPHOTROPISM
trophotropism
(noun) an orienting response to food
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trophotropism (uncountable)
The movements of the organs in a growing plant, as towards nutrient substances, induced by the chemical nature of its surroundings.
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIGATE
(adjective) restricted to a particular condition of life; “an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of oxygen”
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