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.
SPENCE
Etymology
Noun
spence (plural spences)
(UK, dialect, dated) A buttery or pantry
Anagrams
• pences
Proper noun
Spence
Short form of the male given name Spencer.
A surname.
Anagrams
• pences
Source: Wiktionary
Spence, n. Etym: [OF. despense, F. dépense, buffet, buttery, fr. OF. despendre to spend, distribute, L. dispendere, dispensum. See Dispense, Spend.]
1. A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry. Chiefly Brit. dial. [MW10] In . . . his spence, or "pantry" were hung the carcasses of a sheep or ewe, and two cows lately slaughtered. Sir W. Scott. Bluff Harry broke into the spence, And turned the cowls adrift. Tennyson.
2. The inner apartment of a country house; also, the place where the family sit and eat. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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