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.
INVERTIN
Etymology
Noun
invertin (plural invertins)
(obsolete, enzyme) Any enzyme that converts a sugar to an invert sugar; saccharase.
Synonym: zymose
Source: Wiktionary
In*vert"in, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: An unorganized ferment which causes cane sugar to take up a molecule of water and be converted into invert sugar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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