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.
PERNICKETY
pernickety, persnickety
(adjective) characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details; “a persnickety job”; “a persnickety school teacher”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pernickety (comparative more pernickety, superlative most pernickety)
(chiefly, British) Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious.
Requiring attention to minor details.
Synonyms
• niggly
• persnickety (US); more on fastidious
Source: Wiktionary
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