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.
PENTABASIC
Pen`ta*ba"sic, a. Etym: [Penta- + basic.] (Chem.)
Definition: Capable of uniting with five molecules of a monacid base; having five acid hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by a basic radical; -- said of certain acids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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