Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
GRITTY
game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
(adjective) willing to face danger
farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy
(adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; “granular sugar”; “the photographs were grainy and indistinct”; “it left a mealy residue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gritty (comparative grittier, superlative grittiest)
Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
(film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.
Source: Wiktionary
Grit"ty, a.
1. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
2. Spirited; resolute; unyielding. [Colloq., U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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