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.
CHITTING
Verb
chitting
present participle of chit
Source: Wiktionary
CHIT
Chit, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. ci shoot, sprig, from the same root as cinan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]
1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.
3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]
4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.
Chit, v. i.
Definition: To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.
Chit, 3d sing. of Chide.
Definition: Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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