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motely36 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 04:44 PM
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How many brazilians does it take to make a bag of coffee?
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:49 AM
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1. a brazilian
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:53 AM
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2. Depends.
How many is in a brazilian?
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:55 AM
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3. Depends
on how big the bag is. :shrug:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 01:01 AM
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4. pickers can pick between 100 to 200 pounds per day
Coffee pickers can pick between 100 and 200 pounds (45 and 90 kg) of coffee cherries per day. Only 20 percent of this weight is the actual bean.

http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/coffee4.htm
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 08:28 AM
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5. Thus, the answer is about two...
based on an assumption that the bag in question is a standard 40lb. sack. I have no idea why green coffee beans are sold on exchange in 40lb. sacks but they are. 50lb. sacks would make more sense, right?
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-20-08 12:42 PM
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6. Maybe it's easier to divide down to five pound bags
by dividing in half again and again. :shrug:

Why do hot dogs come 10 to a pack while buns are 8 to a pack? If you buy one of each, you have two dogs left over. If you buy two packs of buns you will have six buns left over. If you then buy another pack of hot dogs, you will be short four buns...

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/560/why-do-hot-dogs-come-10-to-a-pack-while-buns-are-8-to-a-pack
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