The Dillon tribune., 1882-11-04
co1l11 PRODUCTION Am corsur,.
TON.

en A0uT Sno uvo hundred y0an
since once first began 70 be cultivated II
arabia and for long time its produotior
anu consumption were confined 10 thai
county and PerniA The frat coffee. houss
~ Europe was opened 1t Constantinople In
''s'4. Another century elapsed before Il
reached western Europe. 1.-THE first coffee.
mousse IN London was opened In Newman,
C'uFt. Cornhill. In 1859. BY Greek named
ra"qua Rossie." The Arst coffee. house IN
FRANCE was opened 1t Marseillss in 1871 !:
year OF two later one wa opened in Paris.
u VII! thus be seen that two hundred year.
ago the ,,se Of coffee in the countries al
w. stern Europe had just commenced. Now
the average annual consumption Of coffee in
the non.producing countries Of the world
considerably exceeds . thousand ,nillions
OF rounds. No Trustworthy statistics-in
TACT. IN most cases no statistics At all-csn
be obtained Of the amount Of coffee con.
stunned IN the countries whore II Il produced.
Hence al our statements in regard to tho
consumption OF coffee must be understood
~ referring to non-producing countries
The whole amount Of coffee consumed IN
the United States In 1850 was, in round
numbers, 40, 0OO, 0OO pounds. where does
1t all come from? Probably in regard to
no question Of fact i there such widespread
poluls' delusion - to this II al the 70.
tail grocers in the United States were to bs
sske.l Of what kind Of coffee they sold most,
undoubtedly large major ~ Of them would
answer. Java" Mr.. Thurber's statistics,
taken from the Official returns Of custom.
house officers. afford the means Of answer.
tnx the question correctly. II We include
under the general name Of "Amsrican
COTE" the coffee produced in South and
Central America and the West Indies, il
will be found that in the yea. 1850, Of the
~. 400, OOOpounds entered foe consumption,
more than 36O, OOO,0OO pounds, or ns,rly
hve'slxths, was American coffee. OF thia
enormous amount rs, OO0, 0O0 pounds came
from Brasil in other words. more thar
four.sevenths Ut al the coffee used In tho
United States Il =" Rio;" but nearly Ill Il
sold and consumed under some other name.
Mocha coffee i very generally eonsidsssd
the finest, and large quantities ~ cold
under that name q price higher than
ordinary. The whole amount Of coffee i'm
ported into the United States under tn
name Of +" Mocha" In the year 1850 wal
ASH, $40 pounda OF this not more thai
two and : quarter millions Of pounds VA
genuine, the rest being coffee imported
into Arabia from other countries and thsz
sxpostsd 10 the Unitsd States q " Mocha.
Il viii DO seen that the amount o.
genuine ! ooha imported into the Unitet
States 10 about one pound In two hundEe(
Of the total import Practically this b u
consumed in the great sesports where II I
imported and in their immediate vicinity
Thousands Of retail grocers In the Unitst
States sell. and their customers uss, whA
both believe to be- genuine Mocha Yet
may be well doubted whether outside o
the great seaports there are hundre.
groceys who have pound Of genuine Moch'
In their stores. But they may oomfor
themselves with the assurance that TIL
coffee they sell under that name IN, il any
thing. . little better t'an the genuln
article.
TIE total amount of coffee importe,
under the name Of Java" In 1880 was, il
round numbers, II 900. OO Of pounds, les
than one .t.nth Of the total import; "an'
! yet," says MIR. Thurber. the fragrant Jaw
Il the favorite berry throug" out lurge par
Of the Uniteo stat .. and. every storekecpe
! in sections where it is in favor believes b
! has the genuine article. II we deduct tn
! low grades OF Java imported we discove
that very small quantity Of fine brown Oh
! Government Java ID consumed In tn
! United States" Nevertheless, the reade
may enjoy his coffee in peace, and comfoE
himself with the assurance that the deceE
tion il in name rather than fact. and tina
the average quality Of the coffee used
apart from adulteration with other sub
stances, in quite M good - it 1t were y
! truly labelled. We leave statistics with tn
F.; remark that little over one. half Of all tn
! coffee consumed in the world is produced /
Brazil.
Mr.. Thurber treats very fully Of th
adulteration Of coffee, and gives many r.
cipes which may be used by dishones
Rrocers, or by honest consumers who ma
preler to adulterate their coffee themselves
There Is one absolutely certain rule
follow for those who are willing to bu
the adulterated article: Buy handsomel
labelled packages of ground coffee. 10
viii never 60 wrong they are. without es
cention. adulterated There is only on
equally certain rule to secure pure coffee
Buy the bean aud grind it at home, 9
have it ground by the grocer IN you
presence. 1t is Of course safer to roast
also yourself. but adnlteratlon OF IN
roasted coffee before it IL ground Is
easily detected that it is almost neVe
attempted.
We have room to notice but one MOI
noint. but that is the most important: ho'
to make good cup of coffee. OF course
GOOD Quality of the coffee bean an
thoroughly clean utensils are Indispensable
Then there are three requisites to perfe.
tion-uamely, that it be fresh roasted
fresh ground, and fresh made.