The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-05-17

sion OF the finest coffee estates
in the. volt BNcmes may
brag OF the flavor Of the real Mocha,
hut tie Arabian berry is a matter
rather of imagination than of fact,
more talked of than tasted. The
hest Mocha is reserved by the Turks
and Arabs for their private drinking,
and snot exported. Like imperiai To-
kay or Caravantea,i it may be DOUBTED
whether its quality is equal to its
reputation. The coffee of Mysore,
Southern India, is famous for its
richness OF aroma and delicacy of
favor. The Blue Mountain coffee
of Jamaica is scarcely inferior. The
pity OF it is that the arrangements
which have turned that beautiful
island into nigger Eden, will not
permit of any development of this
most valuable natural product. The
coffee of Ceylon, though it has lately
been subject to much depression,
still commands more than average
price In the market and is certainly
superior to that of Java or Central
America. The Brazilian coffee,
though it forms such an enormous
proportion of the total supply bears
an i'll reputation, which perhaps it
hardly deserves. At present the
chief objection to the coffee shipped
from Rio Janciro is a peculiar rank
ness of smell and rawness of flavor,
which, however, our American gro
Ger claims disappear with keeping.
The northern States Of South
America, especially Colombia, pro-
duce excellent coffee, and could
supply more of it but for revolu-
tions. Costa Rico, San Salvador,
and Guatemala especially, are among
the States of Central America which
produce largely very excellent cof-
fee. Such are the legitimate sources
of coffee in the world. But there are
other and more questionable ways
Of filling the coffee cup, which Mr..
Thurber, of New York, with per-
haps doubtful policy, and an excess
of candour has revealed out of the
depths of his trade experience.
Those who buy their coffee ready
ground "Tread path" he tells us,
"beset with snares and delusions."
They are lucky if they find nothing
worse in the cup than honest, harm
less chicory. They may have beans,
saw-dust, venetian red, acorns,
mangel-wurzel, and baked horse
liver. Then there is coffee essence,
which may be compound of
"Black jack" or the coarsest of
molasses and chicory.
Against all these depredations on
his purse and assaults on his sto-
mach, the consumer has only one
effective way of protecting himself.
Let him eschew the purchase of
ground coffee and grind for himself.
Let him do as NJ. Grevy did ON a
certain occasion when out hunting
in little wine house in the country.
The President of the French Repub-
lie, among his many claims to the re-
spect of mankind, is an epicure in
coffee, ''Have you any chicory?"
lie said to the man of the house.
eyes, sir"
Bring me some"
The proprietor went and returned
with can of chicory.
SIS that all you have?" asked
NJ. Grevy.
eve have little more"
''Bring me the rest"
When he came again with another
can of chicory, NJ. Grevy said:
"You have no more?"
''No, sir"
every well, now go and make me
q cup of coffee"
But there are other ingenious
methods of adulteratton, more diff
cult to detect, which the advance
ment of science has donated to us.
The following which we take from
the Tropical Agriculturist, shows that
the inventive genius of the nine
teenth century finds channels other
/ than those for the use and benefit of
/ mankind:
Sornani Of Parvia, announces that
he has discovered quite a new and
serious adulteration of coffee, which
is being practised by the manufac-
ture Of artificial beans. These ber-
ries are composed of the meal of
beans and acorns, with chicory and
| quartz powder to bring the mixture
10 q requisite specific gravity. A
! dough IS made Of these ingredients,
/ which Is cut by special machine
into The shape of coffee beans, and
after drying has exactly their color.
Sornani says lie has found as much
as 80 per cent. of these artificial
berries mixed with the genuine. On
roasting they take just the same
color as the real, but they are dis
covered by soaking in water, when
the false berries soon fall to pieces.
w. j. +.
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