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.
PHILISTINISM
materialism, philistinism
(noun) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
philistinism (countable and uncountable, plural philistinisms)
A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters
Source: Wiktionary
Phi*lis"tin*ism, n.
Definition: The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3. [Recent] Carlyle. On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind and spirit, unintelligence,
– this is Philistinism. M. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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