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.
MELANGE
Etymology
Noun
melange (plural melanges)
A mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
A Viennese coffee speciality, half steamed milk and half coffee.
(geology) A large-scale breccia formed in the accretionary wedge over a subductional environment.
Synonyms
• (collection of a variety of things): assortment, farrago, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mixture, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
• See also hodgepodge
Anagrams
• gleeman
Source: Wiktionary
MĆ©`lange", n. Etym: [F. See Mell, Meddle.]
Definition: A mixture; a medley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACRIMONIOUS
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