Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-08
COFFEE, FROM BLOSSOM TO CUP

COFFEE, FROM BLOSSOM TO CUP. Long before coffee was generally
 known throughout Europe, Lord Ba- con wrote: They have in Turkey q urlnk-coTee, which comforteth the neart and aideth digestlon''
 The elaborate coffee exhibit in the Hahuractures and liberal arts exhibi.
 ton building at Buffalo next year. in
 the section devoted to foods and their accessories, will demonstrate how Lord bacons opinion has descended to sue seeuihg generations. Coffee at the eN- l IS que the most popular beverage the gods ever bestowed upon man. Foods and their accessories will re ceive at Buffalo more elaborate atten. ton than has ever been given to like eAhlblt. The object is to farniliarize the people of Pan (alD America with the Iood products of the whole Amer lcan continent. The exhibit will be housed in q beautiful building which IS thlrd or mile in circumference, l ana as elegant in appearance as it is magnineent in it's proportions.
 'Conee being one of the widely known
 articles of this exhibit, has been select cd for description as type of what may De expected in a hundred other products, each of which will receive
 at the hands of c. Edward Fuller, the
 manager of this department the same painstaking care as the subject of this article. >
 Coffee grows more like cherry than
 anything else with which people in
 north temperate latitudes are familiar. ne tree, IT allowed to grow naturally,
 Will attain q height of twenty feet. 1t iS nff branches within reach when standing
 on the ground. For beauty it cannot | De excelled even in the tropics. With
 us deep green shining leaves and pure white, fragrant, though transttory
 blossoms, together with the ripening
 fruit, 1t produces picture peculiarly effective.
 The fruit, first a tiny green ball. changes to pale red as it develops, and
 nnally, when ripe, the color is a rich brown. It has a pleasant flavor. though rather sweet and somewhat in-
 sipid. Its pit is the coffee bean of
 commerce. Each fruit contains two beans, which grow with the flat sides
 together 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 or tnelfs resemblance to the genuine. These 'abortiye cells occur usually to-
 ward the ends of the branches and | are encouraged by pruning.
 Mocha is the oldest coffee known to commerce. Where or how it originated
 Is shrouded in prehistoric mystery. Tradition says the seeds were import ed from Abyssinia and Ethiopia and
 planted in Arabia about the beginning l of the fifteenth century. However, it
 adapted itself readily to the soil and climate, especially in the southern part of Arabia, where it has formed
 the principal article of export ever | since. Mokha, small town on the coast
 of the Red Sea, gave its name to this coffee. because it happened to be the
 port where the camel caravans unload
 ed and the shipments to the outer world were made.
 Java coffee gets it's name from the island of Java, though the great bulk
 of Java coffee now comes from Amer ican plantations lying between the th1rteth parallels of latitude north
 and south. When conditions are fla
 vorable Pan-American coffee is fully equal, if not superior, to the best for eign grown. If any one doubts this
 statement one of MT Fuller's exhibitors will be prepared to prove it with a delicious cOncoctiOn prepared from purely American blends
 Old government Java originally got
 its name when the government of Rol-
 land compelled native Malay planters
 on the island to pay their taxes in cof-
 fee. Government godowns (ware- housesl were built in which coffee was
 required to be warehoused seven years before offering it for sale. There Uy hot proYement, that the berry does not i'm prove with age but the probability is those people have never had an oppor-
 tunlty to sample genuine Java coffee
 seven years old. Java is an exception in this respect, as most coffees do not improve after the second year. There
 Is not profit enough in the business to
 hold coffee such length of time.
 though some do SO in a 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 natural aroma has been so
 carefully developed that it will equal any old government Java the good | danes of Holland were permitted to
 serve. 9.. sss.s Coffee is sold by the cup in New 9ork for one cent; it is also sold for | No eeHls, q greater range Of price than any other known commodity. Prices | or zthe green berry in the open market vary nearly as much. It is the bayer- I age of the poor, the great mass of I workers. md the wealthy 7 The United States is the largest cof- fee market in the world though Hol- | land uses more per capita. Our inn ports during the fiscal year ending | June 30, 1899, amounted to 57S. .397. .454 pounds. which shows the importance | of this market. Coffee growers to the l south of us will appreciate this when | they visit the exposition and see the | eaffon ayhihft