There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SIDETRACKED
Verb
sidetracked
simple past tense and past participle of sidetrack
Source: Wiktionary
SIDETRACK
Side"track`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sidetracked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sidetracking.]
1. (Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.
2. Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [Colloq.]
Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of the census of school children. Pop. Sci. Monthly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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