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.
REFRIGERATE
refrigerate
(verb) cool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator; “refrigerate this medicine”
refrigerate
(verb) preserve by chilling; “many foods must be refrigerated or else they will spoil”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
refrigerate (third-person singular simple present refrigerates, present participle refrigerating, simple past and past participle refrigerated)
(transitive, obsolete in general sense) To cool down, make cool.
(transitive) Now specifically, to keep cool by containing within a refrigerator.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*frig"er*ate (-t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Refrigerated (-`td); p. pr. & vb. n. Refrigerating.] Etym: [L. refrigeratus, p. p. cf. refrigerare; pref. re- re- + grigerare to make cool, fr. fragus, frigoris, coolness. See Frigid.]
Definition: To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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