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.
JUNKETED
Verb
junketed
simple past tense and past participle of junket
Source: Wiktionary
JUNKET
Jun"ket, n. Etym: [Formerly also juncate, fr. It. giuncata cream cheese, made in a wicker or rush basket, fr. L. juncus a rush. See 2d Junk, and cf. Juncate.]
1. A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food. How Faery Mab the junkets eat. Milton. Victuals varied well in taste, And other junkets. Chapman.
2. A feast; an entertainment. A new jaunt or junket every night. Thackeray.
Jun"ket, v. i.
Definition: To feast; to banquet; to make an entertainment; -- sometimes applied opprobriously to feasting by public officers at the public cost. Job's children junketed and feasted together often. South.
Jun"ket, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Junketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Junketing.]
Definition: To give entertainment to; to feast. The good woman took my lodgings over my head, and was in such a hurry to junket her neighbors. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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