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.
BIRDSHOT
Etymology
Noun
birdshot (countable and uncountable, plural birdshots)
A small lead shot, or ammunition, used in shotgun shells.
A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single projectile.
Source: Wiktionary
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ALIENATED
(adjective) socially disoriented; “anomic loners musing over their fate”; “we live in an age of rootless alienated people”
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