There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
ACCELERANT
Etymology
Noun
accelerant (plural accelerants)
(chemistry) Any substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.
A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson
(chemistry) A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber
(metaphoric) Something that speeds up a process or speeds up the uptake of something.
Source: Wiktionary
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