Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-11-25

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hard to discover the fraud.
Sometimes one OF the two berries in the
fruit proves abortive, and the other grows
almost round in form and is distinguished
in commeice as the "male berry" II is
more commonly found in the Java coffee; il
is claimed TO possess superior flavor and
extra strength. but whether such is really
the case or not remains for those to decide
who have tested both the double and single
seeds from the same plantations, grown and
cured in the same manner. Naturally it
would not be expected iha, these double or
osergrown seeds should possess more
strength than the ordinary ones. any more
than that the overgrown or double ears of
corn or vegetables grown together should
posses. any better qualities than the true
plants. The male berry coffee brings from
three to four cents more per pound 10 the
market, however.
4 picul Of coffee weighs 1873 pounds, and
! two Java grass mats make picul.
THE JAVA COFFEE
| is generally transported from the plan,a-
tions and imported in these half-picul mats
or packages. BY the package is one method
| Of distinguishing the pure Java The Mocha
is put up in Arabia in smaller jute pack
ages, made OF finer twisted threads and
very strong. There are three sizes. one
eighth. one-quarter and one-half picul pack
ages. But the empty bags only have 10 be
reshipped to Rio Janeiro and be filed with
the small-siyed seeds 10 deceive even the
shrcwd dealers.
At the present time all kinds Of coffee
are little of price and liable to go still
lower. 1t is asserted upon good authority
that there are 100000 bags Of Rio coffee
alone nov in New York and vast quaniitie.
on the way and still To come The coffee
trade of Boston is good and increasing, bat
the produc, is also rapidly Increasing. In
fact. the raising Of cuiSsc is the chief agri-
cultural interest Of Brazil to-day. The re-
cent heavy failures OF coffee firms in New
York. wherein some ssDo. 600 is inyol, cd.
are cited by some of the newspapers as
causes which will tend TO raise the prize o'
coffee but tins is 4 mistake. The opinions
Of the best dealers 60 To Show ,ha; these
failures ~ill rather have depressing effect.
There is Just a. much coffee upon the mark
ei since the failures and, indeed. !, is more
IN the trade; for one Of the causes Of the
failure - believed To have b-cH the holding
81 large quantities Of coffee above the
market.
Il j. not much 10 the credit of Boston tc
stat. thai she imports but very little coffee --
prcfcrring rather 10 receive her coffee
through New York importing houses But
If only little coffee i imported by the way
Of Boston. still considerable Is ground here
and goes into the market put up in pack
ages. OF this coffee and it, purit, ~e have
nothing TO say. except that one Of the prin-
eipal men in the coffee grinding business
vas once approached by a gentleman inter
cstcd IN the culture OF beet sugar with the
inquiry a. TO whether beet pulp could no,
h. used in coffee a. well As much chic
cory. The beet raiser and coffee grinder
entered into oonsulia,ion, but hc;hcr they
ever came To negotiation i no, known. =
~ ANOTHER QUALITY oP COFFEF
i; Is a pleasure 10 speak. Strangers in Bos-
ton often notice. when in certain sections Of
/ the city, very pleasing aroma of coffee per
,ading the atmosphere. To an early ar
river by rail or steamer this hriugs pleas
| an, sense Of breakfast about ready Ihi,
pleasant sense of the possibility Of shin-
| ing coffee urn and beautiful presiding
genius in handsome morning wrapper comes
( from the coffee roasting establishments Of
which Boston has now IA in operation 4
1 visit 10 each one Of these will give an idea
/ Of the quantity OF coffee going into con
sumption. and also OF how coffee is roasted
by machinery. Many people have seen
| coffee roasting done at the domestic hearth
in the good old-fashioned way. hut the mos,
Of u have no conception Of coffee roaster
| capable of roasting nearly ton aud halt
/ of coffee in ij minutes. But snch Is the
[ fact, and visit 10 single establishment, IN
/ the CITY will convince the unbelic,ing. I'm
( agine a long, iron cylinder, two feet in d.
/ ameter, revolving by steam power, IN an
/ iron oven, under which q hot FIRE is kept
| burning, and YOU have 4 coffee roaster. In
| the more extensive establishments a strong
| cold air blast cools the coffee in u or u
minutes after the door Of the cylinder IS
/ opened. and the coffee is thrown out into
/ great iron pans holding 100 pounds. A
/ double worm or screw throws the coffee out
of the cylinder when the door is opened and
also keeps the coffee moving from one end
/ of the cylinder to the other. An elevator
| fills the c, Under again; and thus the roast
| ing goes on. requiring about IS minutes to
| the batch. a batch weighing 100 pounds
Some of the cylinders are made Of or GOV
/ titu Win s"aPs'oiS 1" aiaAe ts'S "SSa t'o'e
even, and TO better retain the aroma Of the
coffee, and also lined with silver TO prevent
any injury from contact with 40 iron sur
face.
THE BUSINESS or ROASTING COFFEE
is peculiar one aud exposes the workmen
10 a great deal of heat. IL also gives them
/ all the smell Of coffee they want and is said
| TO DESTROY the desire for coffee as a drink.
In order TO give the readers Of the Her.
aid an idea OF the quantity of coffee passing
into consumption the following table Of the
coffee roasting capacity of the city has been
. prepared: