Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
TUQUE
Etymology
Noun
tuque (plural tuques)
(Canada) Alternative form of toque
A watch cap.
Source: Wiktionary
Tuque, n. [Canadian F. See Toque.]
Definition: A kind of warm cap winter wear, made from a knit bag with closed tapered ends by pushing one end within the other, thus making a conical cap of double thickness.
Picturesque fellow with tuques, red sashes, and fur coats. F. Remington.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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