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.
EPHEMERON
ephemeron, ephemeral
(noun) anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ephemeron (plural ephemera)
Something short-lived or transitory.
(computer programming) A type of weak reference in a garbage collected programming language that does not permit an object to be kept alive by its finalizer.
Source: Wiktionary
E*phem"e*ron, n.; pl. Ephemera. Etym: [NL. See Ephemera.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the ephemeral flies.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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