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.
ISOTYPE
Etymology
Noun
isotype (plural isotypes)
(immunology) A marker corresponding to an antigen found in all members of a subclass of a specific class of immunoglobulins
(botany, taxonomy) A duplicate specimen of the holotype, from the same genetic individual.
Source: Wiktionary
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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