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.
EXSICCATION
Etymology
Noun
exsiccation (countable and uncountable, plural exsiccations)
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex`sic*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.]
Definition: The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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