There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
TOUCHWOOD
kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk
(noun) material for starting a fire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
touchwood (uncountable)
Decayed wood used as tinder; punk.
Source: Wiktionary
Touch"wood`, n. Etym: [Probably for tachwood; OE. tache tinder (of uncertain origin) + wood.]
1. Wood so decayed as to serve for tinder; spunk, or punk.
2. Dried fungi used as tinder; especially, the Polyporus igniarius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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