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.
ETTLE
Etymology 1
Verb
ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aim; purpose; intend; attempt; try.
(transitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To expect; reckon; count on.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To take aim.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To make attempt.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To direct one's course.
(intransitive, dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) To aspire; be ambitious.
Noun
ettle (plural ettles)
(dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Intention; intent; aim.
Synonyms
• mint
Etymology 2
Verb
ettle (third-person singular simple present ettles, present participle ettling, simple past and past participle ettled)
(obsolete) To earn.
Anagrams
• tetel
Source: Wiktionary
Et"tle, v. t. Etym: [Perh. the same word as addle to earn; bur cf. OE. atlien, etlien, to intend, prepare, Icel. ætla to think, suppose, mean.]
Definition: To earn. [Obs.] See Addle, to earn. Boucher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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