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.
ILLAQUEATION
Etymology
Noun
illaqueation (plural illaqueations)
(obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
A snare; a trap.
The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.
Source: Wiktionary
Il*la`que*a"tion, n.
1. The act of catching or insnaring. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. A snare; a trap. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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