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.
FOOLHARDY
foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless
(adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”; “became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”-Macaulay; “a reckless driver”; “a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
foolhardy (comparative foolhardier or more foolhardy, superlative foolhardiest or most foolhardy)
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
Synonyms
• bold
• daring
• foolish
• irresponsible
• rash
• reckless
Source: Wiktionary
Fool"har`dy, a. Etym: [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.]
Definition: Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.
Syn.
– Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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