New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-18
TEA AND COFFEE.

The FAM lies very few and very far between, In
the several States and Territories. Of this Republic
who do not indulge, daily in q cup Of hot Tea or
hot Coffee. They sre not Injuries so expensive "a
vhlom, that the rich ard welt born the favored
ard exclusive slippers thereof; but 30 common aud
universal have these beverages beco ne. that they
are now regarded a. among the ne cessaries Of hfs
Indeed the popular nowledge and appreciation are
very limited and imperfect-that tho fret introduce
ton of the China.l.sf which nox affords our daily
Tefreshmtnt or the Arabian berry, whose a'ons
Lsrates its votares-thst the of these harmless
il not healfhful novelties should have spread con-
stsrnation among the nations Of Europe, heir FIRST
introduction, and have been ansthe mstized by the
.rros and fictons Of the learned. Yet 90 tis for
PATIs spread alarm at the use Of tea BY The French,
-cenounciDg it a the most fos lish and dangerous
novelty Of the age" HAssExASS, in Gernsny,
called The tea dealers immoral members Of society,
lying in wait for mems purses and lives; and DR..
DUNCAN, in bis treatise on hot liquors. charged that
the virtues attributed to tea, merely to eacour
age the importation.
In 1910, she Dutch ridiculed il as "hsy.ws.e-,"
and black water" and a century And-a half ago,
prohibitory dty on Tea was recommended 10 En-
gland, and severe penalties on those who used the
drug, the "seduciDg poison
Two HUNDRED years ago, our Europesn ancestors
described Coffee al beverage which was drank BY
the Turks, hot they could endure IT. that il was
black as soot and tasted not much unlike IT, and
good for digestion and Dirth. II was ridicuied in
France, by Rousseau, satirized in England It's use
suppressed In Asia; and the women of our " mother
county" in petiiioniDg against coffee drioking
In 1864, complained tn At il " made men unruufu
ss the deserts whence that unhappy berry V said to
"be brought that the ofipring of our mighty ances
tors would dwndlc into q ,cession Of apes and
"pigmes and tn Il husband, on domestic meg
sage, would stop BY the way, to driak a couple Of
"cups Of coffee a"
The fret accounts Of The use OF the tea shrub are
the casual notices of travellers. II was known in
Europe In 1910; but the Russian ambassador at the
Court OF the MogHl in 1880, refused large present
of tea for the CAR being unwilling to burden him
self with that which was useless. The Dutch first
introduced 1t from India and from Holland it was
tai en- to England in 1866 and, being admired By
persons of rank small importations continued, and
sold at fifteen dollars a pound, until the East Indis
ConT any to- K up the trade.
II 10 said that the Dutch, after their 6rst ycysgeto
China we're enabled to OBJ ain cargo Of tea, without
money: they took out great store Of dried Sage
sid bartered with the Chinese for teareceviag four
pounds OF tea for ore pound Of sage; and the de.
msnd for ssge became great, that the Dutch we're
unable to supply (which ls striking illustration
Of The power Of the imse ination upon the paiste.
The Portuguese word for tes is CHA; but all
other European natioos, and the Americans, adopt
The Chinete term Theh, and also retain the term
Bohec. from the Chinese name Of the country from
which il comes tVouhi Ard Hyson 10 the name OF
the largest Chinese trader 10 teas two hundred Year,
ago
The best, az we'll as the moe. amusing, account Of
the first use Of ten as beverage In England u the
bsbd.bin Of Thomas Gsr~sy, The first tes-nsker.
He wes a tobscconist and coffee-man, and retailed
tea in 1905, conn ending il tire cure for all dis
"eases His attractive hand bill reads thus:
Tea in England eth been sold in the leaf for &c,
and sometimes for $40 the pound weight aud, in
respect Of its former scsrceoess sad dearness. II
hath been only usd as RECALLS In high tess'
ments and entertainments, and presents made
thereof to princes and grandees TIL the year 1857.
Tie said Garway did purchase a quantity thereof,
and fret publicly sod the said tea in leaf or drink,
made according TO the directions of the most know.
| ing merchants In ihoee Eastern countries. On the
knowledge Of the ssid Gsrwsy's continued care
and industry in obtaining the best tea, and making
drink, very many noblemen, Physicians, and mer.
| chants, have ever since sent to him for tbs said
hof and daily resort to his house to drink the drink
thereof He cells tea from Ice. to sos pound
Tea wa. not, probably, in general domestic use in
1867; fsI the Earl Of Clarendon mentions, in biz