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.
FRITTERS
Noun
fritters
plural of fritter
Verb
fritters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fritter
Source: Wiktionary
FRITTER
Frit"ter, n. Etym: [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.
2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. Hudibras. Corn fritter. See under Corn.
Frit"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Frittering.]
1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. Pope. To fritter away, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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