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.
GOAF
Etymology
Noun
goaf (plural goafs or goaves)
A rick or stack (of hay, etc.) when laid up inside a barn.
(mining) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed.
(mining) The waste left in old workings.
Synonyms
• (waste): gob, gobbin
Source: Wiktionary
Goaf; n.; pl. Goafs or Goaves. Etym: [Cf. lst Gob.] (Mining)
Definition: That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob . To work the goaf or gob, to remove the pillars of mineral matter previously left to support the roof, and replace them with props. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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