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.
MEDIOCRITY
averageness, mediocrity
(noun) ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
mediocrity, second-rater
(noun) a person of second-rate ability or value; “a team of aging second-raters”; “shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mediocrity (countable and uncountable, plural mediocrities)
(now rare) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
(obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.
(uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements.
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Source: Wiktionary
Me`di*oc"ri*ty, n. Etym: [F. médiocrité, L. mediocritas.]
1. The quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate. "A mediocrity of success." Bacon.
2. Moderation; temperance. [Obs.] Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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