The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-03-31
Coffee--Its Nature, Consumption, and
Uses.

The coffee plant is native Of Yemen,
IN Arabia. The time of its introduction
into Europe is unknown it is mentioned
in work, published in 1913, by Ger
man physician named l.. Rauwollf. The
Turks have coffee houses in ahch they
meet 10 sip iheir brown liquid, aud chat
together Ire Englishmen in their ale
houses. Coliice houses are common in
German, and were at one time more
common in England than at the present
moment. The first coffee house opened
in London was by a merchant of Tur-
key named Edwards /; this was in 1852.
Coilee vas in public use before that time
in France.
When coffee was first introduced into
Britain, it met with the most furious op-
position from old and young. grave and
gay, men and women. In 1914 the
women Of England pelltioned Parliament
agains, allowing the use of coffee, in
which petition it was stated that men,
by its use, become like the desert Of A.
rabia, and that if it's use was persisted
in, the offspring of mighty Anglo-Saxon
ancestors would dwiLdle into success
sion Of apes ard pigmies; aud on do
mestic message, a husband would stop
on the way to drink a couple of cups Of
coffee" Here we see the fair sex were
Jealous for The honor Of good old Eng
lish ale 1; and the question is, Were they
not right ! Coffee, ho wever, had, aud
still has, its advocates. 1t has been
stated by them that wherever it has been
introduced, drunk enness has become
less frequent, aud the people more sober.
We have no statistics to prove or dis
prove this statement, but it may justly be
assumed to be true
In the reign of Charles H.. coffee
houses were shut up in London by pro,
clamation, in which il was stated, "the
retailing of coffee nourished sedilon,
spread lies. scandalized great men, and
might be considered a common nuis-
ance." This arbitrary act occasioned VIC.
lent discomfort, and permission was CIV
en- to open the coffee houses again, but
the landlords were forbid To keep sedi.
llous papers on their premises. The
coffee houses had become political club
houses.
-Four different kinds of coffee are u.s.
ed-Mochn. which is the best, comes
down the Persian Gulf from Arabia its
berries are of middling size, clean and
plump, aud of greensh light olive hue;
it sells dearer than any other The next
best is Java, " hich is grown on the is,
land ol that name. and it is cultivated
bv 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 Ja>
maica to see.
The qualify aud effects Of coffee diff
fer nccor ding TO the manner in which it
is roasted 1t must be roast ed with
great care, and not oyer-done. The
Turks roast il in an iron spoon and roast
it just before they are going to use it.
This is the best plan, as coffee loses its
favor il exposed after being roasted.
The reason Of this is evident; the roast.
ing brings ou, the essential oil to the
surface. This is volatile, and is the fine
aromatic quality of the bean it there's
fore soon evaporates when exposed TO the
atmosphere. To roast coffee Alright, il
should be done by an invention patented
few years ago in England. 1t consists
in using copper drum silvered inside.
into which are placed the beans, and
the drum made TO reyolve above the FIRE
until the beans are done. II is best not