The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-18
CONCERNING COFFEE.

There are so many different kinds Of
coffee on the market and such q variety
of tastes to satisfy with this popular bev-
erage, that few words OF iafo.n ztfan for
the guidance OF coffee drinkers 70 doubt
will be OF interest and profit TO the read
ers Of this paper a large percentage of
| that class Of people who are accustomed
to using a high grade coffee have been
| for years in the habit OF buying from
| their grocer. in bulk, q brand commonly
known as Mocha and Java mixed Very
few persons are aware. Or ever stop to
consider, that genuine Mocha and Java
cofees are very rare az the present time.
A reference 10 the government statistics
on this point reveals the fact that during
the last year scarcely more than one rnil-
lion pounds Of genuine Mocha was i'm
ported into the United States. and hardly
more than the same quantity Of genuine
Java. When It is considered that the
United States is the largest coffee drink
ing nation in the world, and that its an
nual consumption is close TO billion
pounds, it wifi be seen that the amount
of Mocha and Java annually imported
into this country is scarcely a drop in the
bucket; so it may be safely assumed that
this brand of Mocha and Java, mixed
is now more q matter of tradition than
fact Much of the coffee that is sold fer
Java comes from Brazil. the native rank
ness of the Brazilian berry being cleverly
disguised through blending it with other
coffees Of finer quality from different
parts of the world, particularly from
Mexico Mexican coffee IS now generally
conceded to be as fine in quality. aroma
and flavor as any coffee produced in the
world and, while this fact has been
recognized for a great many years by
coffee experts who have taken advantages
Of their knowledge on this point and used
the Mexican berry almost exclusively as
a BENDER It is only within comparative
ly recent period that Mexican coffee has
been placed upon the market and sold un-
der its own name and upon its own dis
tinctlye merits. The largest plantations !
in Mexico are the famous DOS RIOS |
plantations, upon which is grown the DOS !
RIOS brand of coffee The owners OF |
these plantations jealousy guard the pur-
ity of DOS RIOS coffee from the time it !
is picked until it is delivered TO the retail |
grocer in sealed alright canisters. in
is milled in one of the finest coffee mills |
in the world and only the highest quality |
of the coffee grown on these plantations |
goes into canisters TO be sold as the DOS
RIOS brand. The judgment of the jury
of awards at the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton, which placed the seal of its appro
val upon DOS RIOS coffee by giving it
the highest award "a Gold MedaD has
since been confirmed by thousands of cof-
fee drinkers throughout the United States
who have become hapitual users of DOS
RIOS coffee.
The citizens of Wichita are to be given
an opportunity TO test the merits of DOS
RIOS coffee, which will be served in the
store of Rorabaugh Dry Goods Co., COM
mencing Oct. IS and continuing for two
weeks. Everyone is cordially invited to
call and try q cup of DOS RIOS coffee
and receive one of the handsome booklets
which the Company is distributing, Civ
ng a history of the culture OF this partic-
liar coffee, the way it is handled from
he plantation to your table, and also
some valuable recipes pre-
pared by one of the most famous chefs in
his country for making coffee in various
Ways. We trust that large number of |
people will avail themselves of this OPP
,ortunity 10 become acquainted with the
delicious drinking qualities of DOS RIOS
'offea