The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1879-07-05

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Coffee house, Hipit Tl,nnler OF Old,
Our favOrlte beverage is an in
fusion OF the roasted albumen u
the seed of the COtlea Arabic,
ms is an evergreen shoot. sal,
to have been discovered by II
Arabs in AbySsi ia, and Sic,
l'atnrallzed in many tr.'icai
countries. 1t is now chief c''ti
waited III Mexico, the central
States of America, CSla hlco'
h'sz'l nrt other tror7alr portions Ions
OF South America, "e East ana
Nest Indies, Ja,a and Ceylon,
hui most successfully in Arabia,
where the tirs<attemrt was made.
There are Vicious species OF COT
tea, bnt ncotherS are known to
POSSESS .nch valuable properties
a. the >Coifea Arablca."
In wild state, the cOiitr-tree
is from fifteen 30 twenty-five
feet IN height, slender and with
bat few branches. Cultivation
produces tree not more than six
to ten feet high, p.yramIdal in
form, with horizontal branches
almost from the ground. The
seeds are termed oeans, not from
any resemblance tn what we
know rs til" bean, but irrm the
Arabic word bnnR.
y tropical climate is necessary
to the cultivation of coffee, aver
age temperature OF the yea,
mus he from Clio to 100. We are
told that the fruit rIptmS in hot
houses IN Britain. Brilliant light
and frequent rains >iimn.atr those
Wincipl"S ON which depend the
dttlrate aroma aud COLO, hence
elevated situations are best lol
Plantations. The crops require
bat little care. simply pruning the
tees and picking the ierrieS. At
Ter this the latter pass through
mll!S, which remove the pulp.
III" outer and inner skins. TIL,
berries are winrowed, dried il
the sun, cked over by hand,
and finally packed in bags or
casks for expectation.
Coffee has been used in Ethio-
pia and AbysSinia from time i'm
memorial. In Arabia mention j.
matte Of It's Use IN the Fifteenth
century, aud within the next
hundred years. throughout the
East. In 1862, on his return to
L"ndoh, Turkey merchant
named Edwards brought from
Smyrna 50 &c coffee. His lousr
Was vtrrun by tlOSe anxious to
TASTE The heretofore unknown brv
F'agt. TO rid himself OF this an
hoyanC', he allowed his servant.
1''''r l'aS4uat, Greek, to open !;
""hSe for the sale Of coffee. Th,.
w'llrr has been shown the loca-
Won, III a basement opening on
an alley which purportS to be the
sic u ih's, the first coffee-housp
IA Loit,ion. In 1911 one WAS oorn
rd IN MarseiIleS, and a year late,
iaris had several. The first me,,
non OF coffee in the statute books
of Britain is in 1860. Thcp a du
~ OF iourrencn vas land upon rv
cry gallon of coffee made an,:
sold, 10 be paid Ivy the maker.
a statute of 1868 directs that
all cot1ee-hOuStS should be l,c-n
Se'i at the general Q"arter Se>
SIoiiS OF the peace for the COUNTY
III which they ar kept.
In 1916, Charles IL. issued {;
probation for the suppression 81
coffee houses, alleging that they
were the resort of diSaifected per
sons, VIII" circulated reports re
ha'flng upon his MajeSty's Gov
eminent. The decision rendered
by the Judges in the affair wa
mat "retalllng coffee might be al
innocent trade. but as it vas used
to nourish sedition, spread lies
and scandalize great men, il
might also be u common nuisance
Many sermons were preached
against cotfce-hrinking as well IA,
against smoking. Says n
"IhtN can not wait until the
smoke OF the Internal regions SUI,
rounds them, but encompass
themselves With smoke of THEN
own accord. and drink a poison
which Cad made black that i
might bear the DEVILS own color
Notwlths, Andiny all this. how
ever, coffee came steadily nor,
anu more auto general Use. aud il
still yearly Increasing its powe
ana deN"teeS. 1t is Il pOwerfu
Stlmulant and cordial: in faintnes
exhaustion aud fatigue ii mos
generous and delicious restore,
tive. \ weli.knowu remedy 70
headache and a preventt tive O
drOw>lneSS, it is in constant us
by the Mohammedans aS an assis
lance to wakefnlneSs in the he
tOrtsaNcp of tbpir niuhtly raliri,,,