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.
CALICULUS
calyculus, caliculus, calycle
(noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp)
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