There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
PRISAGES
Noun
prisages
plural of prisage
Source: Wiktionary
PRISAGE
Pris"age (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL. prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See Prize.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone. (b) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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