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.
GEEST
Etymology
Noun
geest (plural geests)
A type of slightly raised landscape, with sandy and gravelly soils, that occurs in the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark.
Anagrams
• Teges, egest
Source: Wiktionary
Geest, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. geest, geestland, sandy, dry and, OFries. gest, gast, gestlond, gastlond, fr. Fries. gast barren. Cf. Geason.]
Definition: Alluvial matter on the surface of land, not of recent origin. R. Jameson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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