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.
TIPPLER
tippler, social drinker
(noun) someone who drinks liquor repeatedly in small quantities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tippler (plural tipplers)
(archaic, Webster 1913) A seller of alcoholic liquors; keeper of a tippling-house.
A habitual drinker; a bibber.
A breed of domestic pigeon bred to participate in endurance competitions.
(UK, railroad) An open wagon with a tipping trough, unloaded by being inverted (used for bulk cargo, especially minerals). A mine car, a lorry.
(mining) One who works at a tipple.
Synonyms
• (drinker): bibber; See also drunkard
Anagrams
• Lippert, ripplet
Source: Wiktionary
Tip"pler, n.
1. One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] Latimer.
2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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