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.
PENTIMENTO
pentimento
(noun) the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
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Etymology
Noun
pentimento (plural pentimenti)
(art) The presence or emergence of traces of previous work or image, especially of the same subject, originally in painting.
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THEORETICAL
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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