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.
SEPHARDIM
SEPHARDI
Sephardi, Sephardic Jew
(noun) a Jew who is of Spanish or Portuguese or North African descent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Se*phar"dim, n. pl. [NHeb.; orig. uncert.]
Definition: Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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