Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
TAMIS
Etymology
Noun
tamis (countable and uncountable, plural tamises)
A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth
The cloth itself; tammy.
Coordinate terms
• food mill
• chinois
Anagrams
• amits, maist
Source: Wiktionary
Tam"is, n. Etym: [F., a kind of sieve.]
1. A sieve, or strainer, made of a kind of woolen cloth.
2. The cloth itself; tammy. Tamis bird (Zoöl.), a Guinea fowl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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