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.
ti, te, si
(noun) the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
tellurium, Te, atomic number
(noun) a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
te (uncountable)
(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
• ta
• B-flat
• li
• -et, ET, Et, et
TE (plural TEs)
(space) Initialism of transporter-erector.
• -et, ET, Et, et
Source: Wiktionary
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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.