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.
DECAFFEINATE
decaffeinate
(verb) remove caffeine from (coffee)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decaffeinate (third-person singular simple present decaffeinates, present participle decaffeinating, simple past and past participle decaffeinated)
(transitive) To remove the caffeine from something (especially from coffee).
Source: Wiktionary
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