According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
TENUITY
feebleness, tenuity
(noun) the quality of lacking intensity or substance; “a shrill yet sweet tenuity of voice”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
rarity, tenuity, low density
(noun) a rarified quality; “the tenuity of the upper atmosphere”
thinness, tenuity, slenderness
(noun) relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width; “the tenuity of a hair”; “the thinness of a rope”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tenuity (usually uncountable, plural tenuities)
Thinness, slenderness.
Meagreness, paucity.
Source: Wiktionary
Te*nu"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tenuitas, from tenuis thin: cf. F. ténuité. See Tenuous.]
1. The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.
2. Rarily; rareness; thinness, as of a fluid; as, the tenuity of the air; the tenuity of the blood. Bacon.
3. Poverty; indigence. [Obs.] Eikon Basilike.
4. Refinement; delicacy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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