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.
BLANCH
pale, blanch, blench
(verb) turn pale, as if in fear
blanch, parboil
(verb) cook (vegetables) briefly; “Parboil the beans before freezing them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
blanch (third-person singular simple present blanches, present participle blanching, simple past and past participle blanched)
(intransitive) To grow or become white
(transitive) To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach
(transitive, cooking) To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
(transitive) To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices
(transitive) To bleach by excluding the light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together
(transitive) To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding
(transitive) To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
(tntransitive) To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
(transitive, figuratively) To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
Synonym: palliate
Etymology 2
Verb
blanch (third-person singular simple present blanches, present participle blanching, simple past and past participle blanched)
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
To cause to turn aside or back.
To use evasion.
Proper noun
Blanch
A female given name from French, a less common spelling of Blanche.
That daughter there of Spain, the Lady Blanch, / Is near to England: look upon the years / Of Lewis the Dauphin and the lovely maid. / If lusty love should go in quest of beauty, / Where should he find it fairer than in Blanch?
Source: Wiktionary
Blanch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blanched; p. pr. & vb. n. Blanching.] Etym: [OE. blanchen, blaunchen, F. blanchir, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
1. To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach; as, to blanch linen; age has blanched his hair.
2. (Gardening)
Definition: To bleach by excluding the light, as the stalks or leaves of plants, by earthing them up or tying them together.
3. (Confectionery & Cookery) (a) To make white by removing the skin of, as by scalding; as, to blanch almonds. (b) To whiten, as the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
4. To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
5. To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
6. Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. Tillotson.
Syn.
– To Blanch, Whiten. To whiten is the generic term, denoting, to render white; as, to whiten the walls of a room. Usually (though not of necessity) this is supposed to be done by placing some white coloring matter in or upon the surface of the object in question. To blanch is to whiten by the removal of coloring matter; as, to blanch linen. So the cheek is blanched by fear, i. e., by the withdrawal of the blood, which leaves it white.
Blanch, v. i.
Definition: To grow or become white; as, his cheek blanched with fear; the rose blanches in the sun. [Bones] blanching on the grass. Tennyson.
Blanch, v. t. Etym: [See Blench.]
1. To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed. [Obs.] Ifs and ands to qualify the words of treason, whereby every man might express his malice and blanch his danger. Bacon. I suppose you will not blanch Paris in your way. Reliq. Wot.
2. To cause to turn aside or back; as, to blanch a deer.
Blanch, v. i.
Definition: To use evasion. [Obs.] Books will speak plain, when counselors blanch. Bacon.
Blanch, n. (Mining)
Definition: Ore, not in masses, but mixed with other minerals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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