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.
ALKALIFY
alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
(verb) turn basic and less acidic; “the solution alkalized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
alkalify (third-person singular simple present alkalifies, present participle alkalifying, simple past and past participle alkalified)
(transitive) To make (more) alkaline (less acidic)
(intransitive) To become changed into an alkali.
Synonyms
• basify
Antonyms
• acidify
Source: Wiktionary
Al"ka*li*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalified; p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying.] Etym: [Alkali + -fly: cf. F. alcalifier.]
Definition: To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
Al"ka*li*fy, v. i.
Definition: To become changed into an alkali.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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