The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1882-03-03
The Egis and Intelligencer
BEL AIR, Md, MARCH 3, 1852.
Improved Method of Roasting Coffee.

In order to obtain the most delicious of all bev-
erages in perfection, it is requisite that the coffee
should be freshly roasted, and ground just before
using. No true lover of this most royal drink
would ever think of using coffee that had been
ground for an indefinite period, however careful
~ it may have been excluded from the air, for it
must inevitably lose large percentage of its car
Jete the essential principle upon which its rich
ness of flavor and delicacy of aroma so largely
depend. Every one knows, moreover, that the
ground coffee of commerce is almost always adult
terated to greater or lesser extent.
But even whole roasted coffee, in the ordinary
styles of package-such as paper bags, barrels,
boxes, etc.-deteriorateS rapidly, losing its
strength sweetness and aroma, and becoming in
1ured by the absorption OF impurities from odor-
Gus substances with which it comes in proximity
during shipment while stored in warehouses
OF retail establishments.
The best method OF roasting coffee is in air
tight, steam driven cylinders. the regular rota-
ton of which ensures uniformity of browning.
without danger of burning; while the only loss
occasoned is by the evaporation of moisture, all
the strength and aroma being retained.
This is the mode of roasting coffee adopted by
all the best houses in the trade, but there is an
other important point TO be consdered-and that
is the best way to prevent the subsequent deteri-
The most complete success in this direction has
been attained by the well known firm of Messrs.
J. b. Lazear 4 Co.. of New York and Baltimore
proprietors of the Amazon Steam Coffee Mills, No.
% Exchange Place, Baltimore. They employ the
best roasting apparatus and their cotfees are no.
ticeabe for the perfect uniformity with which
they are Drowned.
Their patent process, which adds greatly TO the
OF lntlF CONSISTS III tue use OF
II clarifying substance, perfectly tasteless and
harmless, applied to the coffee during the roast
ing process the effect of which is to completely
close the pores, and thus prevent the escape Of
the natural oils which give to coffee its strength
and richness. Only slight perfume is percepti-
BILE from coffee treated by this process, while the
ordinary article is constantly giving forth It's very
quintessence and growing poorer day by day.
An additional protection is afforded by the her
meticay sealed tin foil packages lone pound each
In which these coffees are put up for the market.
They efectually exclude dampness and preserve
the coffee In all its original strength aud fra
GRANGE for years in any climate. Messrs. LaZear
Co. have the exclusive patent right for the use
Of this package for roasted coffee throughout the
United States.
The coffees packed at these mills include choice
selections of Java, Brazil, Rio Laguayra, Mara
caibo, Mexican, etc, and each package contains
Il full pound, net lceight, of roasted coffee.
In addition TO their cXteL sivc business as roast
ers of coffee, this firm are also jobhers of all
grades of green coffees. Their New York office
and salesroom are located at No. l23 Front street.
1t is useless 10 deny that the brightest AM
tairest fall easy victims to consumption, and
fruitless to ignore the fact that decline has its
igin in many cases In neglected catarrh. San
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