There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
INTERMIT
pause, intermit, break
(verb) cease an action temporarily; “We pause for station identification”; “let’s break for lunch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
intermit (third-person singular simple present intermits, present participle intermitting, simple past and past participle intermitted)
(transitive, now rare) To interrupt, to stop or cease temporarily or periodically; to suspend.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ter*mit", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intermitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Intermitting.] Etym: [L. intermittere; inter between + mittere, missum, to send: cf. OE. entremeten to busy (one's self) with, F. s'entremettre. See Missile.]
Definition: To cause to cease for a time, or at intervals; to interrupt; to suspend. Pray to the gods to intermit the plague. Shak.
In`ter*mit", v. i.
Definition: To cease for a time or at intervals; to moderate; to be intermittent, as a fever. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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