According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
HYBRIDIZE
crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise, interbreed
(verb) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; “cross a horse and a donkey”; “Mendel tried crossbreeding”; “these species do not interbreed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hybridize (third-person singular simple present hybridizes, present participle hybridizing, simple past and past participle hybridized)
To form a mixture of any kind.
(transitive) To cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids.
(intransitive) To produce hybrid offspring; to interbreed.
(transitive) To construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages.
(physics) To combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals.
(biochemistry) To combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"brid*i`ze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hybridized; p. pr. & vb. n. Hybridizing.]
Definition: To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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