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.
JAGGERY
jaggery, jagghery, jaggary
(noun) unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jaggery (countable and uncountable, plural jaggeries)
A traditional unrefined sugar used throughout South and South-East Asia.
A small-scale production plant that processes sugar cane.
Source: Wiktionary
Jag"ger*y, n. Etym: [Hind jagri. Cf. Sugar.]
Definition: Raw palm sugar, made in the East Indies by evaporating the fresh juice of several kinds of palm trees, but specifically that of the palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis). [Written also jagghery.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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