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.
LAOCOON
Laocoon
(noun) (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them
Source: WordNet® 3.1
La*oc"o*ön, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
2. (Sculp.)
Definition: A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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