The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
ALEMBIC
alembic
(noun) an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two retorts connected by a tube
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
alembic (plural alembics)
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation
Meronyms
• (bell-shaped upper part): campane
Anagrams
• cembali, lab mice
Source: Wiktionary
A*lem"bic, n. Etym: [F. alambic (cf. Sp. alambique), Ar. al-anbiq, fr. Gr. alembic proper. Cf. Limbec.]
Definition: An apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort and worm still. Used also metaphorically. The alembic of a great poet's imagination. Brimley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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