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.
PASTILY
Etymology
Adverb
pastily (comparative more pastily, superlative most pastily)
In a pasty manner.
Source: Wiktionary
PASTY
Pas"ty, a.
Definition: Like paste, as in color, softness, stickness. "A pasty complexion." G. Eliot.
Pas"ty, n.; pl. Pasties. Etym: [OF. pasté, F. pâté. See Paste, and cf. Patty.]
Definition: A pie consisting usually of meat wholly surrounded with a crust made of a sheet of paste, and often baked without a dish; a meat pie. "If ye pinch me like a pasty." Shak. "Apple pasties." Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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