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.
UNDERFIRE
Etymology
Verb
underfire (third-person singular simple present underfires, present participle underfiring, simple past and past participle underfired)
(transitive, intransitive) To heat from below.
(transitive) To intentionally operate a boiler, furnace, oven, etc., at a low level.
(intransitive) To burn fuel at less than the desired level, thus not providing heat efficiently.
(transitive, ceramics) To fire at a low (or excessively low) temperature.
Antonyms
• overfire
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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