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.
HOARING
Verb
hoaring
present participle of hoar
Source: Wiktionary
HOAR
Hoar, a. Etym: [OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and to OHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heiedh brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.
2. Gray or white with age; hoary. Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge. Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
Hoar, n.
Definition: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.] Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
Hoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]
Definition: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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