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Here in Peru the people used a hardened paste, known as llipta or tocra, derived from the ashes of various plants, mixed at dawn with dew, potato water, and a sprinkling of human urine.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Here in Peru the people used a hardened paste, known as llipta or tocra, derived from the ashes of various plants, mixed at dawn with dew, potato water, and a sprinkling of human urine.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Every so often he reached into his coca bag for a broken clump of llipta and bit off a small piece to add to the center of the quid.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The rock-hard llipta, white and caustic, burned my tongue.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Every so often he reached into his coca bag for a broken clump of llipta and bit off a small piece to add to the center of the quid.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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The rock-hard llipta, white and caustic, burned my tongue.
One River Wade Davis 1996
chained_bear commented on the word llipta
"'Young gentlewoman... be so good as to prepare me a ball of coca-leaves.'
'With lime, sir?'
'By all means; and a trifle of llipta too, if you have it.'"
--O'Brian, The Wine-Dark Sea, 132
March 14, 2008