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.
SUMPTUARY
sumptuary
(adjective) regulating or controlling expenditure or personal behavior; “sumptuary laws discouraging construction of large houses on small plots”; “sumptuary laws forbidding gambling”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sumptuary (comparative more sumptuary, superlative most sumptuary)
Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure.
(of a law, regulation, etc.) Intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; to regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; or to forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel.
Source: Wiktionary
Sump"tu*a*ry, a. Etym: [L. sumptuarius, fr. sumptus expense, cost, fr. sumere, sumptum, to take, use, spend; sub under + emere to take, buy: cf. F. somptuaire. See Redeem.]
Definition: Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Bacon. Sumptuary laws or regulations, laws intended to restrain or limit the expenditure of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, etc.; laws which regulate the prices of commodities and the wages of labor; laws which forbid or restrict the use of certain articles, as of luxurious apparel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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