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.
CONCOCTION
confection, concoction
(noun) the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
concoction
(noun) the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; “his testimony was a concoction”; “she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories”
concoction
(noun) an occurrence of an unusual mixture; “it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction”
concoction, mixture, intermixture
(noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; “he volunteered to taste her latest concoction”; “he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)
The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
A mixture prepared in such a way.
Something made up, an invention.
(obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
(obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
(obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
(obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
Source: Wiktionary
Con*coc"tion, n. Etym: [L. concoctio.]
1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]
2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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