New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-02

not utfu coffee
email variety Of dried pea In the great cOTee-roas,
pg establishments this may be seen in large quSnti-
ties openly eIposed just as il the mixing cheap and
inferior article with Of considerable value, 10 sell
at nearly the cot Of the latter an honest bu,i-
ness 1t l. singular fact that ehiccoy, used to adul
terate coffee is iisef adulteraed with It'll cheaper
matcrialf 1t IL sold in powder, and this j. foaDd to
cCn't in part Of other matters used for aduterating
coffee not excepting the baked ivers. Carrots, beets,
par,nips and marge wurtzel are roasted ard ground
for the same purpose. One witness before the Par
lameLtary Committee testified TO having manufactured
IL one year 200 tone Of carrots into chccory. Burned
sugar ard Venetian red are used to give the proper
color Of coffee
Tea Is exien,ively adulteraed in China, inferior
qualities being made TO resemble closely the most val
uabe by mixtures of highly deleterous ingredients,
and foreign substances introduced leaves of trees Of
various kird- to take the place of genuine tea leaves
Some ofthe-e are candidly sold by the Chinese with
tie name Of Lie Teas, or when mixed with otker
teas the proportion is stated of each. The Souchongs
ard Gorgeous imported into England are said to bs
rarely adu;erated; but the black Gunpowders Capers
OF Chulons and scented orange Pekoe are rarely
otherws than aduterated. In detecting the strange
leaves determining their names the microscope is
Hy,on-skn, Young Hyson, Hyson, Imperial and Gun
powder imported into England is stated to be impaired
without exception by artificial cooring matters, such
a. ferrocyanide of iron, Prussian blue turmerc, and
CHM clay. Indigo and sulphate of lime also used
telsst for fixing the color. The Chinese exhibit great
skill in the mixture of the colorng matters to produce
the desired shade and also remarkable readiness to
execute the orders for any tea required though i
amounts to many times the quantity OF all this tie.
grown. 1t must be admitted also that they are not
much restrained by any Conscientious scrupes as
to the consequences that may result from their poison
Gus colorDg mixtures than those outside barbarisns
who practise similar arts in Christian countries. In
England, beside the poisonous prussiates it appears
from some seizures that have been made by the tx
else officers that for the facing oftes giving the out
eide CLOSE to the leaves, the highly poisonous sub
stances carbonate and arsene Of copper and chromae
Of lead are used. OF the teas purchased in London
and examined it is found that some are made up Of
exhausted tea leaves by the of gum, and these are
ortfciay glazed and coored that the colorng matters
are more injurious than those used by the Chinese
and that it is not uncommon for tea both black and
green to be fabricated from BIRTH leaves which, pos
Of the properties Of tea leaves. The deec-
ton Of the authorizations of tea are not very difficult,
some being made by the microscope and some by
chemical processes Sand, which is added to Lie tea,
is detected by the ased weight Of the ashes.
These should amount to only from five to six per cent
of the whole weight of the tea but they are found in
some impure articles to weigh nearly one half OF the
whole.
Sugars are very little adulterated even with sand,
a. il supposed to be the This Is easily detected
by dissolviug the sugar in water, which will also eX-
pose any other nsouble foreign substance But though
not mixed with other matters, the brown sugars
of commerce are saedtO be in general unit for human
consumption, from the numerous acar or small mites,
which nfest them. The magnfied representations OF
these upon the pages of DR.. Hassa book are pictures
of al animal that be called extremely hideous and
disgusting and impressions OF 1t do not become
any more favorable, when We learn that this dearus
acclari is of the same family the acorHs scabe or
itch insect only larger and possessed OF more formd-
able organization than bis brother; and further, as
those grocers who employed in handling sugars,
are said to be subject to peculiar affection OF the
skin. disease that is consequently called the gro
GERS Itch" il is to be feared that the family traits run
through all the members and the appearance OF the
uearlovng acarus does not belle his qualities. Sugar
would seem TO be thickly populated with them, Tor
il stated that they may be of all sizes that Is, IN
all the stages of their growth ard in every condition.
some alive others dead entire and others broken
into fragments; bodies here, legs there Happily
the process Of refining these sugars and the more I'M
pure mola.ses such substances, If they do not all turn
to sugar are removed with the scum, and not trace
of their existence is detected in the pure white article
Tie authorizations of milk are of a more serious
character than any of those we have noticed ana
there are few, but those who profit 10y the sinful
practice Of communicating the food given to infants
loon No
method of detecting and exposing the mposture.
1t is some years since public attention IN TINS
city was directed to this subject, aud gem
eral hope entertained. that by the hydroInelers
ard ladometers then introduced. the authorizations
might be exposed and prevented but from the otter
erce in the composition and specific gravity of natural
milk in i,s different conditions the subject was found
70 be attended with serious difficulties, and We believe
the use of the instruments was given up; al least we
| have have heard nothing of the subject for long
tine. and the public appear to have reapsed into
state Of hopeless indifference and submission to the
evil. which appears irremcdiablc. And this when, If
We were to Judge from the quality of the milk served
to ~ at some of the eanghouses Of respectable rep
utaion-stsfr Of thin blush consistency that sends
sckv scum over the surface OF the tea or coffee II il
pourcd uvou-we might well doubt, whether we are IN
any better condition than the inhabitants of Lonctn.
when II was estimated, that all the COWS supplying 1t
with nj were insufficient to give to each person more
than about Tablespoonful per day Fort this IL no.
ticcd in houses Of respectable reputation how s 1t
likely to Ice in those ofthe poorer class and what sort
of milk do the children of the poor probably get that
is bought by their parents those groceries
where il can be had the cheapest
The difficulty Of detecting tire degrees of adutera-
,;op in milk i owing To il complex n1ture end the diff