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.
ARRIERE
Etymology
Noun
arriere (plural arrieres)
(obsolete) That which is behind or subordinate; the rear.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*riere", n. Etym: [F. arrière. See Arrear.]
Definition: "That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate. Arriere fee, Arriere fief, a fee or fief dependent on a superior fee, or a fee held of a feudatory.
– Arriere vassal, the vassal of a vassal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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