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.
EBONITE
Noun
ebonite (countable and uncountable, plural ebonites)
The relatively hard product of vulcanizing natural rubber with sulfur; vulcanite.
Source: Wiktionary
Eb"on*ite, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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