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.
CROSSCURRENT
countercurrent, crosscurrent
(noun) actions counter to the main group activity; āpolitical crosscurrents disrupted the conferenceā
rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent
(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crosscurrent (plural crosscurrents)
(nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
(by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
Source: Wiktionary
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SET
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; āthe smart set goes thereā; āthey were an angry lotā
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