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.
CONTRAHENT
Etymology
Adjective
contrahent (not comparable)
(obsolete) Entering into covenant; contracting.
Noun
contrahent (plural contrahents)
One of the parties entering into a contract.
Source: Wiktionary
Con"tra*hent, a. Etym: [L. contrahens, p.pr. See Contract.]
Definition: Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
19 June 2025
ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
Coffee Trivia
