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.
UNACQUAINTANCE
Etymology
Noun
unacquaintance (uncountable)
The state or condition of being unacquainted; unfamiliarity with something.
The first organs which Gall excogitated, he placed in the region of the sinus; and it is manifest he was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`ac*quaint"ance, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being unacquainted; want of acquaintance; ignorance. He was then in happy unacquaintance with everything connected with that obnoxious cavity. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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