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.
LIKIN
Etymology
Noun
likin (countable and uncountable, plural likins)
(obsolete, historical) A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
Source: Wiktionary
Li"kin`, n. [Written also lekin.] [ Chin. li kin; li the thousandth part of a tael + kin money.]
Definition: A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
"Likin," which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of the many, "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins, is, in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any other form of taxation. A. R. Colquhoun.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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