There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DRIB
drop, drib, driblet
(noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); “he had a drop too much to drink”; “a drop of each sample was analyzed”; “there is not a drop of pity in that man”; “years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet”--Kipling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
drib (third-person singular simple present dribs, present participle dribbing, simple past and past participle dribbed)
(transitive) To cut off; chop off.
(transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
(transitive) To entice step by step.
To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
(transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.
(intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
(transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
(transitive, now, chiefly, UK dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
(transitive, now, chiefly, UK dialectal) To scold.
(transitive, now, chiefly, UK dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.
Etymology 2
Noun
drib (plural dribs)
(obsolete) A drop.
Anagrams
• Bird, bird
Source: Wiktionary
Drib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] Etym: [Cf. Drip.]
Definition: To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.
Drib, v. t. & i. (Archery)
Definition: To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Drib, n.
Definition: A drop. [Obs.] Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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