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.
INTINCTION
Etymology
Noun
intinction (countable and uncountable, plural intinctions)
The act of steeping or soaking the bread (or 'body' of Christ) in the wine (or 'blood' of Christ) so the communicant may receive both aspects of the Eucharist simultaneously.
(obsolete) The act of tingeing or dyeing.
Source: Wiktionary
In*tinc"tion, n. Etym: [L. intinctio, fr. intingere to dip in; pref. in- in + tingere to tinge.]
1. The act of tingeing or dyeing. Blount.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: A method or practice of the administration of the sacrament by dipping the bread or wafer in the wine and administering both together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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