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.
PICROMEL
Pic"ro*mel, n. Etym: [Gr. picromel.] (Old Chem.)
Definition: A colorless viscous substance having a bitter-sweet taste.
Note: It was formerly supposed to be the essential principle of the bile, but is now known to be a mixture, principally of salts of glycocholic and taurocholic acids.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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