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.
FANTOCCINI
Etymology
Noun
fantoccini pl (plural only)
Puppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
The puppet shows in which they are used.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan`toc*ci"ni, n. pl. Etym: [It., dim. fr. fante child.]
Definition: Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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