Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BREWING
brewing
(noun) the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
brewing
present participle of brew
Noun
brewing (countable and uncountable, plural brewings)
The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.
The business or occupation of a brewer.
The quantity of a brew made in a single batch.
The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.
Anagrams
• Winberg, webring
Source: Wiktionary
Brew"ing, n.
1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
2. The quantity brewed at once. A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. Bacon.
3. A mixing together. I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland.
4. (Naut.)
Definition: A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.
BREW
Brew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Brewing.] Etym: [OE. brewen, AS. breĂłwan; akin to D. brouwen, OHG. priuwan, MHG. briuwen, br, G. brauen, Icel. brugga, Sw. brygga, Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down, Gr. to prepare by heat. sq. root93. Cf. Broth, Bread.]
1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.]
2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. "She brews good ale." Shak.
3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go, brew me a pottle of sack finely. Shak.
4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! Milton.
Brew, v. i.
1. To attend to the business, or go through the processes, of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew, bake, scour. Shak.
2. To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak.
Brew, n.
Definition: The mixture formed by brewing; that which is brewed. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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