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.
FLAVONE
flavone
(noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments
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Etymology
Noun
flavone (countable and uncountable, plural flavones)
(organic chemistry) any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids
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AGITATION
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