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.
HINTERLAND
backwoods, back country, boondocks, hinterland
(noun) a remote and undeveloped area
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hinterland (plural hinterlands)
The land immediately next to, and inland from, a coast.
The rural territory surrounding an urban area, especially a port.
A remote or undeveloped area, a backwater.
(figuratively) That which is unknown or unexplored about someone.
(figuratively) Anything vague or ill-defined, especially something that is ill understood.
Synonyms
• See: remote place
• (the) sticks
Source: Wiktionary
Hin"ter*land`, n. [G.; hinter behind + land land.]
Definition: The land or region lying behind the coast district. The term is used esp. with reference to the so-called doctrine of the hinterland, sometimes advanced, that occupation of the coast supports a claim to an exclusive right to occupy, from time to time, the territory lying inland of the coast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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