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.
FIRK
Etymology 1
Verb
firk (third-person singular simple present firks, present participle firking, simple past and past participle firked)
(transitive) To carry away or about; carry; move.
(transitive) To drive away.
(transitive) To rouse; raise up.
(intransitive) To move quickly; go off or fly out suddenly; turn out.
Noun
firk (plural firks)
A stroke; lash.
Etymology 2
Noun
firk (plural firks)
(UK dialectal) A freak; trick; quirk.
Source: Wiktionary
Firk, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OE. ferken to proceed, hasten, AS. fercian to bring, assist; perh. akin to faran to go, E. fare.]
Definition: To beat; to strike; to chastise. [Obs.] I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak.
Firk, v. i.
Definition: To fly out; to turn out; to go off. [Obs.] A wench is a rare bait, with which a man No sooner's taken but he straight firks mad.B.Jonson.
Firk, n.
Definition: A freak; trick; quirk. [Obs.] Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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