New-York tribune., 1868-11-05


salwart fellow OF seventeen. was sitting crosSleggea
in in the head OF the boat, with wood.
ne held his dusky hands small tree FIVE feet long,
rounded club at one end, with which he was pound
INC the close grained berries
~ Bnatsayarn, tried the Turkish plan of pounding
a Scn @ ground To illustrate the strange and mac
couutabe effects Of different modes OF chemical mahpu-
iotion Inc tells, in his suggestive way an ancedote.
NapoleOn uhe Great NapOleonl like most Frenchmen,
" M fond Of eau sucree sugar waerl "M0nsenr," he
I, that glass of water Ia which melt lump Of sugar,
seems 10 me much better than that III which have
put the quantity OF crushed sugarf SIRE replied
The savant "there three substances OF which the
bases exactly the same Sugar gum and amidon,
They only differ IN certain conditions tne secret OF Wheh
is reserved by think IA possible that In the
collision Of the crusher some portions Of sugar pass to the
condition Of gun and cause the diherence winch you
Crushing coffee in the same way may produce
slight but beneficial ctange-may eXpel some element or
call forth some essence which the grinding wheel does
Brillatsavarn, after trying many ways of making
coffee settled down r0 on sort t % I"nr R1rol,S, noil
ing water through coffee lightly placed in
porcelain or silver vessel pierced with ,n,tn nme
passed again through the coffee and clear and rich
brown liquid obtained with fun aroma and as near
Dr. Forbes's plan (patrOnized by Mr.. Walker Of the
OriCnaD not very dissimilar. He first selected
coffee imported IN small parcels, cOiee IN bulk often neat
ING and becoming impaired. Coffee should always be
roasted and ground the day when 1t is used ana when
rrouud sfopper Tie best mode Of roasting is in fry
ncpan over the fire. in earthen basin placed in an
flavor nf the coffee roasted In this exposed way sad 10
he finer than of coffee roasted in closed cylinder
above the filter the other below the receptacle IL was
riused with hot water then the Sder Ws
nut in "A fun ounce for every two cups Inc ihedsurl
boiling water was poured lightly In through moSape
cOander As il had run through the clear plshV
The French heat their coffee, when filtered. to boiling
point then iue with fish skins The water t'y uSe -
crplaI, first mixed with coffee grounds ana DolIeui
W ~ & fn rranemens that makes
.nO..a IL "A
CO. of maIjng ten the mere splashing IN of
water, too often hafwarm. on q handlnl OF Two sue-
leaves and dust suits our peculiar attribute nsIpaV
indifference to the intellectual gratiicatloh Oh e "o
The old French way Of making coffee before 1905.
10 put the powder III boiling water 10 WARM ~ "Vea
clarifying II with snglass or hshskins, ana uechtg
pointed bag. But a certain wise man, NJ do Beloy'
nephew OF the venerable Cardinal wn0 1905, was Arch
,shnn ~ Paris and thc Nestor OF the Gacn ChuIch. at
last discovered that the old plan was bad plan. lie
found that coffee lost in the various bogs' ls aioa
force, and spirit. The ebulluon carried away luIthef
virtues aud the -sin aud bag gave 1t foreign tant
unpleasant and Injurious. Belloy took the matter SER
ousy heart. and amomeut Of inspiration devised The
percOator. He also took never 10 let the coffee
burn hs eoeeberres. for one burnt berry
never allowed him roast black and chose
golden blond color rather than brown as his ideal The
Cafe sans Ebulltion was patronzed hy Fouiauer pro
pretOr OF the Cafe des Etrngers In the das Royal and
soon became popular thanks to the zeal Oi Dr Gasldy
enlightened physca aud profound gourmet VI those
days.
lc, the chef at CrOckfOrds 10 allow one cup
OF coffee powder 10 make two good cups OF liquid lie
poured boiling water into the bggin on the coffee, con
sideTng il equally infused when IL began to bubble ON
tie surface He then placed the bottom OF the ggn IN
baH-dTe, vessel with boiling water. 10 Keep the
coffee hot. lie used filter "a lag ~ thick hanne as
being better than tanmy Ills one rule was true French
one. lie says:
diluted with boiled cream Weak coffee is never worth
drinking"
fore Count dorsay Lord Vernon Lord Allen &cJ better
and quicker than any one Neutrality-suspicious. a, he wlte
pathttcaly the contradictions that have eNperoheed
in the ST. James's Club from some noblcuen who have
certainly made vow never to be pleased however well
IN 1906 French medical men strongly denounced the
Ondncss OF the ladies OF Paris FOR cafe an at tor break
fast II made them saliow and heated Their blood "
supposed by the faculty 10 be emnenty bilious, and
as unwholesome rs cafe Team was bcnefical; N.
was becoming great article OF consumption IN France
especially in Paris; about that time u had ALREADY sup,
planted the win ordnaire at the usual breakfast Uf
the artisans. Ouvrers aud even the mere street labor
ers. Those hurley women Of the Halle the retailers
of herbs frnts vegetables. and fish, who had once io
lowed the drums OF Yersaes-Dow began 70 be seen be
tween tic pillars OF the Rue la Tonncere az an Early
hour with great ,auee,s ln 9f ho' eonee' III "c" uey
The amount of coffee supply, which had been fouud
tceut for before this. had become quite
Inadequate In Germany. aud all through the north OF
Europe chcoIy root began Ia be openly sold In iIaI
ders vast nelis Of this plant grown 10 be dried
roasted. and mixed with coffee In some fiemlsh villages
more than q million OF francs was annually realized ~
ths 10 began be known in Parls about 1870 and ~
found that two-third. "f the swnding P9Na.r oou
be mixed with good coffee wltlout rear Oi uelecu,o'
The root all events ~ harmless. aud shoud DC avow
edly mixed with coffee. TO lower ITS price secretly
mixed, paternal government ike lnih'y M M3iN @ no.
hesitate a moment IN Mailing the rascaly retailers ear
10 his own doorpost Inc cheat Oh cni;o1I a'i 1e n %
coffee md substituted the Flemish plant.
Before the Revolution. the Frenc1 used 70 be fond OF
pnch of vane in their coffee but i'll the Firi Consulate
lime the great European wars prevented the irnit
capsules n o ay S Of ssGG'' span soe shro%a energetic
epicures Of a practical tendency soon ionnda i99nda =
oats. aud boiled them for i've minutes IN rice water.
This water Was then removed the oats were Doca aga
Through "a bag thin muslin This water usod Tor cot
feeIBakiBg gave the beverage VanlIe mayor, lns
count de BariucI de Bcauyert. The yanle ooaee
found 10 cheer the mind. and TO fatten without heating
ho body Owing the vanille husks were al this
ne IN Paris. francs the pound. In 1870 two Partisan
chemists invented conserve de cafe an essenee o col
fee Two spOOnfuls made iOnI-ounee cup tOidinaiy
size merely required 10 be mixed win bohhg water
aud sngar. Coffee was then fton hye to 9x francs
pound The thought inferior 10 good Nyant
or Martinique coffee but better than the INFERIOR Sorts
One of these dscoyerers, NJ Laiserque Bofdcsls o,
the Hue Bac. also extracted from coffee an essenal
oil ba-anic aud cephaic; he invented 700, iqnrur'
which he called Ihc Cream OF Mocha Cciiee, ana cegee
hon bons which were white, and OF tonic quality COZ
Zee this time much used by the Parsians TO avor
opsis Waiker writing IN 1895 strongly upheld
the superiority Of tea 10 coffee when travelling lea
alays fever and thirst he says and coffee causes Doln
ho observed, drank II NJ breakfast drowned !n not not
milk and after dinnsr took IL 1eE @ Dgt IN ~ vrIy s| r
italian night journey, he wants whole sOupbasln li
Ie likes dran such he would have taken OF tea ~
home There is doubt, however that our workmen
begin TO prefer coffee to tea, ana ma stimulate nc o
cuatIOn and nOurish than the Infusion or rank
Congo or OF that dark woody Assam that Is now much
used for adultcratOn aud strengthening inferior teas
After all do let tnk of this: two breakfast cups Oi
tea or coffee represent pint Of hot water poured INTO
the ever receptive and long suffering organ. -
Brlat varD, who IL lao had not been great gour-
met would have been an cnlnent physchologist nae
most ably summed up the peculiar ohect OF coffee on me
powers OF the BRAIN The effect Is Times modified
fJy habit but there many persons III WHOM excite
ment is always produced. some persons arc Not Kept
awake by coffee aud yet require s influence 70 keep
them from sleep during the day being sleepy NIL the al
ornoon II they do not have their usual morning tonee