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.
HYADES
Hyades
(noun) (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Hy"a*des, Hy"ads, n.pl. Etym: [L. Hyades, Gr. (Astron.)
Definition: A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun. Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyaned Vext the dim sea. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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