, 1881-11-30

I75. In all published accounts which have
come under my notice he Liberian Coffee has
been re presented TO be Of superior favour
and Of much greater yield than CO6eG Grdbic0
SO mach 50 that it had become mon opoIised
by American dealers, but from The earliest
notices. nothing has been said, so far as | am
aware, as to the general character of the bean
as obtained by carefcl scientific rests. In the
earller notices, the tree and its product were
alluded to in general terms only, and not
without eXaggtration.
IT'S. Quite recently favourable accounts as
to yield have been received from Crylon, but
so far | DO moi fnd any particulars of the char
acter of the bean produced there, but the
prices quoted for Lioetian Coffee sold in LON
don would imply that i is regarded as superior.
III. Ii would appear that in America it is
esteemed by dealers as a good coffee for mixing
lie, giving body to thin f~1avoured kinds.
III. The tests to wh.ch ii has been subjected
here would indicate it 10 BIZ a fair cuff,e aud
a, such | Received the testimony Of the lal+ DIR.
lmray, who paid close attention to the subject
Of its cultivation in Dominica. Beans recei5ed
direct from Liberia cid not however support
this character Of fair, and newly gathered
beans produced here were not much better, lnly
they were Of a different Acknowledging In ftct
quite green ard possessing characters common
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able. A sample from the sans gathering II
mon this old however produced very different
results, and JUS ifel the term 'fai' as to quality.
l79. The favour is very distinctive and
specially femo rkable in its difQsive and pene-
trating character, which | Imagine consIi-
tutes its SuptriotiI il the American market as
a "miring'' coffee.
$50. Favour and consistence will OF course
vary with Circumstances OF soil, age OF bear, as
also Of the trees producing il. Ia the tests
made here however | have found nothing to
constitute it a superior coffee to the prodOce OF
CO0e0 drdbjcd and varieties. Furlhe', the
samples tested were Gis 'iuctly def lent IN the
fine piquant aromatic favour characteristic OF
Moka, aud The fine Trinidad creole coffee-
which however is inferior to none the world
prOIuc6s.
181. Information bearing on the favour Of the
Liberian Coffee, as well ~ on the geographical
distribution of the l.. coffee plant was volunta-
riIy communicated to me by an intelligent old
African whose early life was passed in the
Mosamtique-EG&t Africa. He was engaged
cleaning a sample Of Litelian coffee and p'o-
ceeded TO remark in a pleasant tone TO Whioh
he was evidently aroused by having TO deal
with "bome' matpIial-''lenty Of this coffee
:" grows in my country, but the people don't
Z" like it too muct. Portuguese and French
g people come from the ship and take the
I" berries, make the children pick them end
" carry lh-m away, but my country people don't
g use them if they can get the Other quality
(Co0ea araJjcG)And then putting his hand on a
tray of n~utmtgs hard by, he remarked my
country got plenty Of these too, but people
" don't bother TO pick tbem up, because they
" are too many all about" Now as Nutmegs
and Cloves are known to be thipp ed from Tue
Mosamlique quarter, it is probable that The
cid mans informali,n as to Liberian Coffee is
correct, and the sptci S, POSSIBLY Introduced
Or one like il. is to BIO found there also. CoteG
eangue6ari@, Lour., without description is
mentioned in Hiern's monograph on African
Coffees.