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.
GERAH
Etymology
Noun
gerah (plural gerahs)
(historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
Anagrams
• Hager
Source: Wiktionary
Ge"rah, n. Etym: [Heb. g, lit., a bean.] (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.
Note: The silver gerah is supposed to have been worth about three cents; the gold about fifty-four cents; the weight equivalent to about thirteen grains.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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