The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-11-12
FROM BLOSSOM TO CUP.
Coffee rs n Pure Food Exhibit at
Buffalo Exposition.

Exposition Bulletin.
Long before coffee was generally known
throughout Europe Lord Bacon wrote,
They have in Turky a drink-coffee-
which comforteth the heart and aideth
digestion"
The elaborate coffee exhibit in the man.
ufactures and liberal arts exhibition build
ing at Buffalo next year. in the section
devoted TO foods and their accessories.
will demonstrate how Lord Bacon's opinion
has descended To succeeding generations
Coffee at the exposition will receive the
attention that is due the most popular
beverage the gods ever bestowed upon
man.
Foods and their accessories will receive
at Buffalo more elaborate attention than
has ever been given TO like exhibit; Inc
object is 10 familiariZe the people Oh IAN
(alD America with the food products OF
the whole American continent. Inc s 1A
hibit will be housed in beautiful Dullo-
ing which is a third of a mile in circum-
ference and as elegant in appearance as
il is magnificent in its proportions
Coffee being one of the Widely-knoNn
articles of this exhibit, has been selected
for description as type OF what may De
expected in a hundred other products, eacn
of which will receive at the hanos OF al.
G.. Edward Fuller, the manager OF inns
department, the same painstaking care Us
the subject of this article.
Coffee grows more like a cherry tnan any
thing else with which people In north
temperate latitude are familiar. Inc Tree,
if allowed to grow naturally Will attain
a height of twenty feet, though IL Is olle.l
pruned to keep the branches WITHIN reae .,
when standing on the ground. For beauty
il cannot be excelled even in the tropics
With its deep green shining leaves ana pure
white, fragrant, though transitory blossom
together with the ripening fruit, IL pro-
lot, arlx aft
The fruit, first tiny green ball, Changes
to pale red as it develops, and finally, wneh
ripe, the color is a rich brown. 1t has a
pleasant flavor, though rather sweet ana
somewhat insipid. Its pit is the coffee bean
of commerce. Each fruit contains two
beans, which grow with the hat sides TO-
gether in separate cells, though should one
become abortive, the other grows round
and fills both cavities.
These rounded berries are separated and
sold as Pea Berry Mocha because OF their
resemblance to the genuine. These abortive
cells occur usually toward the ends of the
branches and are encouraged by prun-
ing.
Mocha is the Oldest coffee known to COM
merce. Where or how ii originated is
shrouded in prehistoric mystery. Tradition
says the seeds were imported from Abys-
sinia and Ethiopia and planted in Arabia
about the beginning of the fifteenth CEN
fury. However. IL adapted itself readily
to the soil and climate, especially I'm the
somewhat insipid. Its pit is the coffee bean
formed the principal article of export ever
since.
Mokha, small town on the coast of the
Red sea, gave its name to this coffee be-
cause 1t happened TO be the port where
the camel caravans unloaded and the ship
ments to the outer world were made.
Java coffee gets it's name from the island
or Java, though the great bulk of Java
coffee now comes from American planta-
tons lying between the thirtieth parallels
or latitude north and south. When condi-
| tons are favorable PAN m arican noffaa &c
ruily equal, If not superior. to the best for
| eign grown. If any one doubts this state
ment one of Mr.. Fullers exhibitors will be
prepared to prove 1t with n delicious con-
coction prepared from purely American
| blends.
Old Government Java originally got its
name when the government of Holland
compelled native Malay planters on the
island 10 pay their taxes in coff ae. Gov
eminent godownS (warehouSes) We're built
| in which coffee was required TO be ware
housed seven years before Offering it for
sale. There are people who say that was
no Improvement, that the berry does not
| improve with age. out the probability is
those people have never had an opportu-
| nifty to sample genuine Java coffee seven
| years old. Java is an exception in this re-
| spect, as most coffees do not improve after
| the second year. There IS not profit enough
| in the business to hold coffee such a length
OF time, though some do so in limited
| way. Those who really love fine coffee
| flavor and want the last vestige that is
contained in the bean may get from certain
| dealers American coffee in which the nat
| ural aroma has been so carefully developed
that ii will equal any Old Government Java
| that the good danes of Holland were per
| mitted to serve.
| Coffee is sold by the cup in New York
| Tor j cent; 1t is also sold for % cents. a
greater range OF price than any other
| known commodity. Prices of the green
| berry in the open market vary.