Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
EFFERVESCENCY
Noun
effervescency (countable and uncountable, plural effervescencies)
(archaic) effervescence
Source: Wiktionary
Ef`fer*ves"cence, Ef`fer*ves"cen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. effervescence.]
Definition: A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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