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.
PHTHISIS
Etymology
Noun
phthisis (countable and uncountable, plural phthises)
(archaic) An atrophy of the body or part of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
Source: Wiktionary
Phthi"sis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. phthisie.] (Med.)
Definition: A wasting or consumption of the tissues. The term was formerly applied to many wasting diseases, but is now usually restricted to pulmonary phthisis, or consumption. See Consumption. Fibroid phthisis. See under Fibroid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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