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.
FURFUROL
Noun
furfurol (countable and uncountable, plural furfurols)
Erroneous form of furfural. See furfurol
Source: Wiktionary
Fur"fu*rol, n. Etym: [L. furfur bran + oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Definition: A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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