Daily American telegraph., 1852-03-15

published in 1873, by German phvsician
named L. Rauwolf The Turks have coffee
houses, in which they meet to sip their brown
liquid, and chat together like Englishmen in |
their ale houses Coffee houses are common in |
Germany and were at one time more common
in England than at the present moment. The
first coffee house opened in London was by u
merchant of Turkey named Edwards; this was
in 1852 Coffee was in public use before that
time in France
When coffee was first introduced into Britain,
it met with the most furious opposition from
old and young, grave and gay, men and women
fair. In 1874 the women of England petition
ed Parliament against allowing the use of cot-
Zee, in which petition it was stated that men,
by its nse, BECOME like the desert of Ara
bia and that if its use was persisted in, the
offspring of mighty Anglo-Saxon ancestors
would dwindle into a Succession Of apes an'
pigmies and on domestic message, a hls-
band 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 English
ale and the question is Were they not right ?
Coffee, however, had, and still has, its advo- |
Gates. 1t has been stated by them that wherever
it has been introduced drunkenness has BE-.
come less frequent and the people more sober.
We have no statistics to prove or disprove this
statement, but it may justly he assumed to be
| true.
In tho reign Of Charles II, coffee houses
were shut up in London by proclamation, 10
which it was stated the retailing of coffee
nourished eedition, spread lies scandalized
great men, and. might be considered a common
nuisance" This arbitrary act occasioned vio-
lent discomfort, and permission was given to
open the coffee houses again, but the landlords
were forbid to keep sedltlous papers on their
premises. The coffee houses had become po-
litical club houses.
Four different kinds of coffee are used
Mocha, which is the best, comes down the Per-
sian Gulf from Arabia; it's berries area of a
middling size clean and plump, and of greenish
light olive huo 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 a sight worth
going to jamaica to see.
The quality and effects of coffee differ &C
| cording 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 it 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 surface This is
bean; it therefore soon evaporates when ex-
posed to the atmosphere To roast coffee
Alright, it should be done by an invention pat
ented q few years ago in England. II consists
in using a copper drum silvered inside, into
which arc placed the beans, and the drum
made to revolve above the fire until the beans
are done. 1t is best not to over-roast them.
The peculiar principle Of coffee is the cafein,
which vas discovered by Robiquet in 1921 it
:. Al
urinary organs. Water saturated with coffee
was first used by Grindal, in the Russian hos
pital Of Dorpat, in tho treatment of ntermit-
tent fever; it was also given as powder, raw.
In eighty cases, not one resisted its effects.
Homeopathic practitioners also use it with suc-
cess.
As an article Of diet, and as a beverage,
coffee has become quite faVorite, if we may
judge from the quantity consumed. No less
than l54 1886, 1876 pounds were imported into
the United States in $780, the value Of this
was Sl1,2l5,096. No country in the world
consumes so much coffee, in proportion to its
inhabitants, as 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 it does not appear that the
fears of tho old English matrons, about their
sons becoming monkeys by its use are yet real
zed
Coffee IS now very generally used by all Eu-
ropeans, as well as the old Turks, and in al
most all American families, for breakfast
beverage lts effects upon the human system
may lie peculiar, but general use has not vet
developed anything extraordinary produced 'ly
+ it, except it may be the healthy appearance
and rugged strength of some French miners,
who use 1t in large quantities. This fact was
: brought before the Academy Of Sciences in
Paris, last year. In some armies and navies
coffee has been wisely substituted for grog. 1t
: would be we'll if this pere tho case in every
single instance. In cold weather, coffee is an
agreeable ard safe 5timulant. 1t was noticed
that those French soldiers who had saved some
coffee and sugar during the terrible retreat
from Moscow stood the cold r,uch hcttcr than
those who had none. Coffee affects the nerves
ot GONE people in most singular manner, bv
making them tremble and feverish No person
50 affected should use IT, As q general thin,
Cor almost every person, we believe it IS a
healthy and pleasant beverage In England
all the ceffee is adulterated with yellow dock
root, ground up along with the beans. The
law allows of this alulteraton, and yet, for I'll
this, the coffee thore 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 coffee is also adulterated with roasted
corn and peas, These authorizations are not
the least unhealthy but there is no earthly use
of anybody paying for corn instead Of coffee
and If anybody wishes to adulteratC their own
coffee, why, they can do it to suit themselves.
When we reflect upon the great quantity Of
coffee now consumed by US every year, how
that the consumption has increased from q
little over four millions of pounds in 1890, to