The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19
"WHAT HARRINGTON HALL THE
STEEL CUT COFFEE MEANS"

produce dyspepsia, and is abundant
in those infusions which are kept
long time on the stove before being
served"
In a similar work. DR.. II. NJ. Brack-
en-, secretary of the state board OF
health of Minnesota, ana professor Of
materia medica in the university Of
Minnesota, Outlines of Materia
Medica and Pharmacology, 1880 on
page 344, speaking of tannin, says
when taken into the stomach, a
large dose has an irritant action
throughout the alimentary canal.
These authorities make clear that
whatever of har incomes from coffee
drinking is due to the tannin. al as.
tringent element whose commonest
industrial use is to convert hides into
leather
REMOVE THE CAUSE.
Remove the tannin and cup Of cof-
fee may be brewed as healthful as
any, cup which banishes fatigue,
quickens the intellect and makes the
world Fighter for millions OF people.
Coffee drinking needs no champion
at this day and age. In reasonable
moderation, (as the best things in life
should be used) It has been benefit
to man. Treated by this process and
relieved of the harsh bitter flavor due
to the chaff it will become stlII more
the worlds great beverage,
Shakespeares great contemporary.
Lord Francis Bacon, wrote "They
have in Turkey a drink called coffee
This drink comforteth the brain and
heart and helpeth digestion"
Since his time this product of Arabia
has become known and used the world
over. It Is grown in Arabia still.
whence comes the famous Mocha ,"
Equally celebrated is the government
grown" coffee from the Dutch island
OF Java In the Hawaiian islands. in
Mexico, in Brazil, and in many of
the islands of the sea coffee is the
great staple. Coffee drinkers are
found in every civilized and barbarous
nation on The globe.
THE TANNiN-BEARlNo cHAFF.
Look at a kernel or coffee as iuI
comes from the roaster and before it
is ground. Note that the chan (to be
found in the little groove and on the
inside Of the eoffee berry, is a part Of
the parchment envelope IN which the
coffee grows. This envelope has none
Of the quality that gives coffee It's
flavor in the cup. bat instead, has
the unpleasant. bitter taste which, as
described by the medical authorities,
is the basis for the objection which
some people find TO coffee drinking.
Apparently this char Is light in
weight and Of little consequence, but,
when removed fro mthe bean, five
pounds Of coffee will yield double
and the flavor OF the infusion
Of this chan when boiled alone close
ly resembles that Of oak leaves
It is certainly reasonable TO believe
that a piece Of tanbark dropped into
The coffee pot would add nothing de-
sirabIe or pleasant to the flavor Of the
coffee, so the removal or the chan
clearly makes a corresponding i'm
DrOyement
So, too. with the dust OF coffee
this is the impurlty which
causes coffee to foam and boil over
cofee which Is properly granulated.
cleaned and freed from chan. does not
boil over. This Is the test Of purity
a SIGNIFICANT LETTER.
Charles ". Drew, Ph b.. M. d..
Analytical and Consulting Chemist.
ana Director OF the Minnesota nsti-
lutte Of Pharmacy. after analyzlng a
sample OF the coffee chan, wrote the
following letter: