There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
FOSSICKED
Verb
fossicked
simple past tense and past participle of fossick
Source: Wiktionary
FOSSICK
Fos"sick, v. i. [Dial. E. fossick, fossuck, a troublesome person, fussick to potter over one's work, fussock to bustle about; of uncertain origin. Cf. Fuss.]
1. (Mining)
Definition: To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among roots in isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, to steal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]
2. To search about; to rummage.
A man who has fossicked in nature's byways. D. Macdonald.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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