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.
QUARTS
Noun
quarts
plural of quart
Source: Wiktionary
QUART
Quart, n. Etym: [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the fourth, akin to quattuor four. See Four, and cf. 2d Carte, Quarto.]
Definition: The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [Obs.] Camber did possess the western quart. Spenser.
Quart, n. Etym: [F. quarte, n. fem., fr. quart fourth. See Quart a quarter.]
1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.
Note: In imperial measure, a quart is forty English fluid ounces; in wine measure, it is thirty-two American fluid ounces. The United States dry quart contains 67.20 cubic inches, the fluid quart 57.75. The English quart contains 69.32 cubic inches.
2. A vessel or measure containing a quart.
Quart, n. Etym: [See Quart a quarter.]
Definition: In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. Hoyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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