There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
EXORDIUM
exordium
(noun) (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
exordium (plural exordiums or exordia)
(formal) A beginning.
The introduction to an essay or discourse.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*or"di*um, n.; pl. E. Exordiums, L. Exordia . Etym: [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.]
Definition: A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AFOREMENTIONED
(adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; “works of all the aforementioned authors”; “said party has denied the charges”
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