Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-01-31
COFFEE.

,,,o,, ,,bUs;c;on named L. Rauwotf. Inc TURKS
i ',''.a Prcffae Houses in which they meet to SIP
tbe;r brown liquid, and chat together Ike hilglSn-
non in their ale houses. Coffee houses are coiii-
mon in Germany, and were, at one tme' noie
nn,,,n,on in Enoland than at the present moment.
~ frst coffee house opened in London was by
1,,ercbont of Turkey, named Edwards this was
in 1862. Coffee was in public use before that time
in France. p,+o;n Il
met with the most furious opposition from ou anu
Young grave and gay, men and women li!r' IA
1874 the women of England petltloned fafllaiel:'
aoainst allowing the use OF coffee, III Which, pei
ton it was stated that men, by It's use' oecolne
lie the desert of Arabia and that it its use was
,,ors;ste5 in. the offspring of mighty Anglo saxon
ancestors would dwindle into succession OF apes
and n;omies: and on domestic message, nus
hand would stop on the way to drink couple OF
a O of cofae" Here we see the fair sex were
Jealous for the honor of good old English ale; and
the question is were they not right Cofiee' now
ever had and still has its advocates; 1t has peen
stated by them, that wherever it has been intro
duced. drunkenness has become less frequent
and the people more sober. We have no status
tics to prove or disapprove this statement but II
NAV Justly be assumed to be true.
In the reign of Charles II. Coffee Houses were
shut ND in London by proclamation, IN which II
was stated the retailing of coffee nourlshed sedl
tion. spread lies, scandaized great men, and might
be considered common nuisance" 1hs aroltrary
act occasioned violent discomfort, and PERMISSION
was given to open the Coffee Houses again, but
the landlords were forbid to keep sedtious papers
on their premises. The Coffee Houses nao become
political club houses
-Four different kinds of coffee are used-Mocha,
which is the best, comes down the Persian Gulf,
from Arabia; its berries OF a middlng size,
clean and plump, and of greenish light olive hue
it sells dearer than any other. The next best IS
Java, which is grown in the Island of that name,
and it is cultivated by the Dutch The other two
kinds are Brazilian and West India coffee, which
are very similar. A field Of coffee in full bloom Is
a sight worth going to Jamaica to see.
The quality and effects of coffee differ according
to the manner in which it is roasted. 1t must be
roasted with great care, and not over-done. The
Turks roast it in an iron spoon, and roast 1t just
before they are going to use it. This is the best
plan as coffee loses its flavor exposed after being
roasted. The reason of this is evident the roast
ing brings out the essential oil to the surface, this
is volatile and is the fine aromatic quality OF the
bean; it therefore soon evaporates when exposed
to the atmosphere. To roast coffee Alright it should
be done by an invention patented few years ago
in England, it consists in using copper drum sill
verized inside into which are placed the beans, and
the drum made to revolve above the fire, until the
beans are done. 1t is best not to overcast them
The peculiar principle of coffee is the catfein,
which was discovered by Robiquet in 1921; it is
q very active principle and affects the urinary
gans. Water saturated with coffee was first used
by Grindal, in the Russian Hospital of Dorpat, in
the treatment of intermittent fevers; it was also
given as a powder, raw. In eighty cases. not one
resisted its effects. Homeopathic practitioners also
use it with success.
AS an article of diet, and as beverage, coffee
has become quite favorite if we may judge from
the quantity consumed. No less than 144 986, 1875
pounds were imported into the United States in
1850; the value Of this was $11,2l5 1909. No
country in the world consumes so much coffee, in
proportion to its inhabitants, ours. Thus, last
year, the average amount of coffee consumed by
each man, woman, and child, was over seven pounds
The consumption of coffee has greatly increased in
England, and 1t does not appear that the fears Of
the old English matrons, about their sons becoming
monkeys by its use, are yet realized.
Coffee IS now very generally used by all Euro
peans, well as the old Turks, and in almost all
American families, for breakfast beverage Its
effects upon the human system may be peculiar
but general use has not yet developed anything
extraordinary produced by it, except it may be the
healthy appearance and rugged strength of some
French miners, who it in large quantities: this
fact was brought before the Academy of Sciences
IN Paris last year. In some armies and navies, cof-
fee has been wisely substituted for grog it would
be well If this were the case in every single instance
In cold weather coffee agreeable and safe slim
ulant. 1t was noticed that those French soldiers
who had saved soeae coffee and sugar during the
terrible retreat Moscow, stood the cold much
better than tho swho had none. Coffee affects
the nerves of some people in most singular man.
ner, by making them tremble and feverish. No
person so affected should use it. AS a general
thing, for almost every person, we believe it is a
healthy and pleasant beverage. In England all
the coffee is adulterated with yellow dock root.
ground up along with the beans the law allows
OF this adulteration and yet for all this the coffee
there sells for about double the price it does in the
United States.
Every family should buy their own beans and
roast and grind them, for much of our ground cof-
fee Is also aduterated with roasted corn and peas.
These authorizations not the least unhealthy,
but there is no earthly use of anybody paying for
corn instead OF coffee, and if anybody wishes to
adulterate their own coffee, why they can do it to
suit themselves.
When we reflect upon the great quantity of cof
fee now consumed by us every year, how that the
consumption has increased from little over four
million Of pounds, in $780, to over one hundred
and ffty-fo millions Of pounds, in 1850, we
cannot shut our eyes to the seeming necessity
OF growing coffee for ourselves.
Our Southern States can surely raise good cof
Zee they beat the world for cotton and rice. both
Oh wncn were introduced from foreign countries
ana conee, we think, be as successfully cnlt;.
waited as these have been. '''
Scientific american
nloi. 1ulluS Cesar Hannibal of the N. O. Pic