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.
PLIANTLY
Etymology
Adverb
pliantly (comparative more pliantly, superlative most pliantly)
In a pliant manner.
Source: Wiktionary
PLIANT
Pli"ant, a. Etym: [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.]
1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. South.
2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] "A pliant hour." Shak.
– Pli"ant*ly, adv.
– Pli"ant*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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