The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-01-31

but 1t may be justly assumed to be true.
In the reign OF Charles H., coffee
houses were shut up in London by proc
lamation, in which it was stated ''thr
retailing of coffee nourished sedition
spread lies, s2andalized great men, and
might be considered a common NUS
ance." This arbitrary act occasioned
violent disturbance, and permission was
given to open the collee-houses again,
but the landlords were forbid to keep
seditious papers on their premises. The
ee-houses had become political club
houses.
-Four different kinds of solTee are used;
Mocha, which is the best, comes down
the Persian Gulf, from Arabia; its ber-
ries are Of a middIing size, clean and
plump, and of a light greenish-olive hue:
it sells dearer than any other. The
next best is Java, which is grown on 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 sight worth going to ia
maica 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 favor
if exposed after being roasted. The
reason of this is evident; the roasting
brings out the essential oil to the sur.
face, this is volatile, and is the fine aro-
matte quality of the bean; it therefore
soon evaporates when exposed to The at.
mosphere. TO roast coffee right it
should be done by an invention patent
ed few years ago in England, it con-
sists in using copper drum, siIvered
inside, into which are placed the beans,
, and the drum made to revolve above
the fire until the beans are done. 1t is
not best to over-roaSt them.
The peculiar principle of coffee IS the
caTcin, which was discovered by Rebl-
quet in 1921; it is very active prlncl-
;. pie, and effects the urinary organs. Wa
ter saturated with coffee was first used
by Grindal, in the Rmssan Hospital Of
Dorbat, IN the treatment OF lntermlt'
=. tent levers; it was also iven as pow
der, raw. In eighty cases, not one re
sisted its effects. Homeopathic practltlon
ers also use it with success.
y AS an article Of diet, and as bever
4 age, coffee has become quite tavorlte
n if we may judge from the quantity con
= sumed. No less than 4l,9S6, So5 lbs
were imported into the United State
,f in 1880; the value of this was 5 ,2l5,
n 099. No country in the world con
sumes so much coffee, in proportion It
, its inhabitants, as ours. Thus, last year
-. the average amount of coffee coaSumet
. by each man, woman and child, wa
\ over seven pounds. The consumption
j., Of coffee has greatly increased in Eng
:. land, and it does not appear that tn
r fears of the old English matrons, abou
}. their sons becoming monkeys by its us.
y are yet realised.
~ Coffee is now very generally used b.
At all Europeans as well as the old Turk
., and in almost all American families, 10
@ breakfast beverage. Its effects upo
y. the human system may be peculiar, bu
,. general use has not yet developed al
thing extraordinary produced by it, eS
cept it may be the healthy appearance
ID and rugged strength of some French M
ners, who use it in large quantities
This fact was brought before the Acae
'' envy of Sciences in Paris last year. |
u" some armies and navies, coffee has bee
IL wisely substituted for grog; it would b
d well if this were the case in every SIN
u d. gle instance. In cold weather coffee
~ an agreeable and safe stimulus. 1t wa
"a noticed that those French soldiers VIII
II had saved some coffee and sugar durln
III the terrible retreat from Moscow, stoo
ie the cold much better than those VIII
~ had none.
If Every family should buy their ow
j., beans and roast and grind them, fc
rn much of our ground coffee is also adu
terated with roasted corn and pea:
T., These aduitqrations are not the least ur
-. healthy; but there is no earthly use c
,d anybody paying for corn instead Of col
4 fee, and if anybody wishes to adulterat
r, their own coffee, why they can do
,t themselves.
d. Coffee affects the nerves of some PEG
he pie in most singular manner, by ma
As king them nervous and feverish. n
tv person so affected should use it. AS
ie general thing, for almost every person
IS; we believe it is a healthy and pIeasan
I'd beverage. In England all the coffee
u. adulterated with yellow dock-root
ae ground up along with the beans; the LAY
or allows of this adulteration, and yet 70
IS. all this, the coffee there sells for ahou
e, double the price it does in the Unite