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.
FLAUTO
Flau"to, n. Etym: [It.]
Definition: A flute. Flaute piccolo ( Etym: [It., little flute], an octave flute.
– Flauto traverso ( Etym: [It., transverse flute], the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old flĂ»te a bec, with a mouth piece at the end.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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