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.
CHESSTREE
Chess"tree`, n. Etym: [Cf. F chassis a framework of carpentry.] (Naut.)
Definition: A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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