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.
PEDDLERY
Etymology
Noun
peddlery (usually uncountable, plural peddleries)
(obsolete) The trade or goods of a peddler.
(obsolete) trickery
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"dler*y, n. Etym: [Written also pedlary and pedlery.]
1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.
2. Trifling; trickery. [Obs.] "Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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