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.
JOJOBA
Etymology
Noun
jojoba (plural jojobas)
A shrub native to the southwestern United States and to Mexico, Simmondsia chinensis: the only plant known to store liquid wax in its seed.
Synonyms
• (Simmondsia chinensis): goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, gray box bush
Source: Wiktionary
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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