St. Mary's beacon., 1858-05-27

curieu. Historv Of the Use Of Coffee.

Curious History OF the use cl Gonee'
Coffee il of aSisiic origin, and WIS hrnuSi,'
io the Ocridsn, ~ tie Turks. They called Il
cahy-h Y.hr,-a, province IN Ara";', Is ger
erav considered the place where coffee snr1nS
up. Certain IL is, that ArahIEn herdsmen OF i'e
desert of ildxhesria. approaching one evening
m. shores of the Euphrates, were the first 20
discover the enIvenlnc power Of coiie. Worn
cut ~ thcy were, after n ti!cs"re journey
through the desert, they Were reclining benet;h
coffee tree. and for pastiime commenced 'ae~-
inc the coffee BEANS. They soon nnsCrVed ;hat
,Irerr WEAKNESS passed away, Hnd eft them hnc
sp;ri,ed d.r.ng the nigh'. Ne"t evening I;..y
,s,ra,ed their rasti!ne, and 1t hai the same e
feet. Thev we're co.:S ;ncea :iiar there was hi
der md refreshing POW in the coffee beans.
TWAS then introduced = S:nf OF medicine
for relaxation. FOR which p"r.ose It was roasted
ground, an! buef Ill ho' water, ~ the manner
we nrepare cofie nov'. Consequent on the pro-
hil,lr;nn Of w!ne-dr.nkInC Dv Mhhomet, the uge
Of coEPe sc,en hecaIne III extensive demand al
over Arabla, Turkey ard Persia. From these
countries COFFEE Was introduced by the Venetians,
III tie year 1891, IN Italy, u fe used only AZ
rnliy rnIng medicine At first ;hcy tried it with
the leaves Of the coffee-iree, which was. hYwey-
sr, abandoned, and ihey resoricd 10 tie coffee
beans and prepared them in the same manner as
the ATabians After a while IT became Il floor
tie beverage for d6inty PEI sons, aud IT'S ImPoE.a-
ton from a foreign country rendered 1t, IN the
ewes of The aris.ocracy Of ;hat Period, dcsra-
Lle
From Vel,icc, coffee was introduced to Eng
land, Ffance and Holland. The first public
cofee-Louse was opened in London III the year
1852: a. few years afterwards second appeared
in Paris s.,d "a third IN Amsterdam. Not, how
ever, until the yenr 1902, was coffee known IN
Germany: il was imported from Holland already
roasted. The FIRST public cof,e-hnuse WAS es-
-tnI,l,Shed at I.eipzig in the year 1920 which, no
doubt is the Oldest coiirt-house IN the world,
prd !, IS even at the present dav llace oc pub
lie amusement. Tw" circumstances contributed
principaiiy to make coffee general beverage III
t,ermnmy frs'ly, that coffee was excepted by
the government from the taxes In d on beer and
y;inr: nud secondly the pow Oi coffee 20 pro-
t!ucc an Agreeable excitement without producing
intoxica;lon These qualities made II the most
agreeable 10 ladies' and BUSINESS men. The
Jews in Germany, known - lie the mos: active
merchants, became exceedingly fond Of this en-
iiyenlng beycra.c, und also ihe poets. IL is a
veil known story, tiat R"sse IL, once OH visit
10 Voltairc remarked 70 the !aiier. tLu: coffee
vss poison Vc,,l.re re,'ici: True, but a
,oison tha, affects the heidi. very slowly, as
have been drinking 1t for xiy years"
The grsa!ts cnpon"nts = c"fce.dr'nkIng are
the homeopathic doctors, who consider coffee as
mos, INJURIOUS 20 health. Indeed i, Is TO ner-
Nous peotIc, particular strong cnirc: also 20 dys-
rcpti"s il may prove no; d:@estI5!e, .ut IN the
litter case its lii-d!agesIion arises from the
pure milk which is mixed saith II.
The French md Germans drink more hack
coffee than white, aEd take soon oiterwafd Il
Glass of pure cod water, and that custom ~ one
which il would Le useful To adopt in TINS Coun.
try: as III this manner coffee IS no. injurious tc
,!ethorc people, if they drink only n small
Quantity ~ Il. !; serves under this condition Ia
aid digestion and "a enIIVen the Spirits. To
young people. II is no. so Wholesome as beer
SOUP. which is used for them in Germnny.-
There is often added 10 coffee. roasted roots, as
that of succorv or carrot for instance, winch d.
ninIshes the flavor Roasted beans of coco9, on
she other hand, NJ. most heil'hy and pa,rable
If mixed with coffee. Tie Turks add different
specs, and the French pour rum IN it. as do the
Iiallnns and Germans: nrd they sometimes
III" yoiH of az tgg instead oi cream, which is
commendah.e where there IS no good mix TO Ia
found Particular cnre IL TO he everywhere IA.
ken, except, in this country, not to roaa; oI
grind coffee before it is wanted far Immediate
use, otherwise il louses bv eXhaiailon the ,oa.
tile oil which mpar;s sue. e,:cci!eIt flvo. 10
II.
The smoke Of the roasted coffee is one o. the
most powerful disnfectents. Coffee iS also m
SutdOte to poison Of opium, cherry laurel and
intnXIcali0n. The consumption Of coffee ~ from
wear Ia year inc:raSn-. In Europe alone tor nS-
'anre, the importation in period of ten years,
from ISl1 to l~21, increased from one hundred
rnd sixty millions to tw" hund:ed and twenty
hye millions of hounds.
The coffee tree reaches height of twenty feet
has with lis branches Pyramlia formed ever
green leaves, and is cOnsIderd one of the most
beautiful of trees. In tie third year it Yields
three pounds of beans. In highest estimation,
concerning the quality. stands Mocha coffee from
Arabia; next to II ST. Domingo, Java, St. Jngo
de Cuba, and then Rio OF Brazil and Cuba-
However, one kind is found more palatabIe In
one country than IN another. ami different M
tons give preference to different kind of coz
fee.