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.
BLACKFLY
blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat
(noun) small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
blackfly, bean aphid, Aphis fabae
(noun) blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blackfly (plural blackflies)
A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
Source: Wiktionary
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