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.
TURMOIL
agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
(noun) disturbance usually in protest
tumult, turmoil
(noun) violent agitation
convulsion, turmoil, upheaval
(noun) a violent disturbance; “the convulsions of the stock market”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
turmoil (usually uncountable, plural turmoils)
A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
Harassing labour; trouble; disturbance.
Synonyms
• chaos, disorder
Verb
turmoil (third-person singular simple present turmoils, present participle turmoiling, simple past and past participle turmoiled)
(obsolete, intransitive) To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion.
(obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"moil, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. OF. tremouille the hopper of a mill, trembler to tremble (cf. E. tremble); influenced by E. turn and moil.]
Definition: Harassing labor; trouble; molestation by tumult; disturbance; worrying confusion. And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil, A blessed soul doth in Elysium. Shak.
Tur*moil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turmoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Turmoiling.]
Definition: To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry. [Obs.] It is her fatal misfortune . . . to be miserably tossed and turmoiled with these storms of affliction. Spenser.
Tur*moil", v. i.
Definition: To be disquieted or confused; to be in commotion. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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AGITATION
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
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