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.
FANFARONADE
Etymology
Noun
fanfaronade (countable and uncountable, plural fanfaronades)
Empty, self-assertive boasting.
Verb
fanfaronade (third-person singular simple present fanfaronades, present participle fanfaronading, simple past and past participle fanfaronaded)
To engage in empty, self-assertive boasting.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan*far`on*ade", n. Etym: [F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron.]
Definition: A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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