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.
CASEMATE
Etymology
Noun
casemate (plural casemates)
A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
Source: Wiktionary
Case"mate, n. Etym: [F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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