The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-04-26

and thirds. If your friends would send
sufficient quantity of clean coffee to
enable our dealers TO thoroughly test
the roasting and drinking quality, |
have no doubt but that it would soon
be in high favor here
| (The above is from a leading broker
who handles large quantities of Gem
| trail American and other coffees)
London, August 8, 1894.
I'VE have examined very carefully
the samples sent us, and it is undoubt-
edly fine color, bold and worth at
the present dates quotation when
cleaned fully f104 per ton. In reply
to your further enquiry we could sell
any quantity, very readily of coffee of
| the quality of the specimen now before
us Referring to the coffee you have
sent us along, since writing the above
mentioned portion of this letter, we
have shown the samples to other buy
ers and they are all very pleased with
it, and we have been strongly advised
by buyers of large quantities to i'm
press upon you the wisdom of making
shipments to this country. From what
they say it would soon make for itself
good name, and ought to lead to a
very large business to mutual advan-
tage."
(The above from large importing
ters of a century,
Honolulu, March 25, 1895.
my opinion is that if these only
represent a No. grade there is an
assured market for, either in San
Francisco or London at top rates. The
bean is bold colony one, and to tho
best of my memory compares favorably
with the samples of Ceylon, l saw
sold in Mincing Lane last year which
were eagerly sought for at los. per
cwt. advance over the Central Ameri-
can grades"
(Flrom a we'll known and highly re-
spected citizen in Honolulu
Some prices quoted in London for
samples H. C. & S. Co.'S crop, 1894:
Pea berry, 103s. at 105s. per cwt.;
large fiat, 9Ss. at zoos. per cwt.; small
fiat, 95s. at 96s. per cwt.
San Francisco, January 10, 1898.
mo. sample of pulped and washed
parchment. No. sample of pulped
and washed hulled parchment. No. 8
sample of pulped and washed pea
berry. These are among tie best
coffees we have seen from the Islands,
and if the coffee were here today we
could get tic. to 171sc. for it. The
drink is very good, this is largely due
10 +1,a Lob oh E
The presence of these in Island coffees
hurts the flavor more than you have
an idea, and likewise decreases the
value lie. to &C. per pound. If you
have picked the sour beans out of these
samples and should subsequently send
the coffee up with sour beans, you
will find than the coffee will sell for
mudh less price than we quote above.
'sWe have shown your samples to
several and they seem to give the
same opinion as above, and if you can
prepare the coffee equal to these SAM
pies it will not pay to separate and
grade down there; that is to say, you
could send the fiat bean and pea berry
mixed as pea berry sells for very little
more than fiat bean in this market"
Now, Mr.. Editor, as 1 do not expect
you to place the whole of your paper
at my disposal, will conclude but be-
fore doing so will only say that as you
desired to get at bottom facts, and in
struct the tenderfoot, and others on
coffee values, 1 thought I would fur
nish some particulars and statistics,
which ] leave to the judgment of your
numerous readers. Thanking you be-
fore hand, and apologizing for the
space l have taken up.
Faithfully yours,
CHAS. D. MILLER.
Kalahiki, Hookena, April 8, 1898.
P. 81 forgot to mention that all
the samples referred to were pulped
and washed and hulled by machinery,
and the only beans picked out were
broken ones. The absence of sour
beans referred to in one of the quota
lions is due to the process adopted in
the fermenting and washing and not
to any hand picking.
l may say that with the proper ma
chinery, and a sufficient and under Gull
tivation, will guarantee to prepare
any quantity of coffee equal to the
samples quoted in this letter.
C. d. NJ.