The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-12
"WHAT HARRINGTON HALL THE
STEEL CUT COFFEE MEANS"

produce dyspepsia. and is abundant
in those infusions which are kept a
long time on the s.ove 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 mejica in the university Of
Minnesota, Outlines of Materia
Medica and Pharmacology. 1880 on
page 344, speaking of tannin, says.
when taken into the stomach
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, an 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 healthfuI as
any, a 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, las the best things in life
should be used) it has been a benefit
to man. Treated by this process and
relieved of the harsh bitter favor due
to the chaff it will become still more
the worlds great beverage.
Shakespeare's great contemporary
Lord Francis Bacon, wrote; They
have in Turkey a drink called coffee
This driak 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 TANNlN-5EARlNe cHAFF.
Look at a kernel or coffee as Il
comes from the roaster and before II
| is ground. Note that the chan (to be
found in the little groove and on tbs
inside of the coffee berry, is a part o.
the parchment envelope IN which thu
coffee grows. This envelope has non'
of the quality that gives coffee il
hayor In the cup. but instead, hai
the unpleasant. bitter taste which, a
described by the medical authorities
is the basis for the objection whicl
some people find to coffee drinking.
Apparently this ohan Is light Il
weight and Of little consequence, bu
when removed fro mthe bean, tiy
pounds of coffee will yield a doubl
handful: and the flavor OF the infusio
Of this chaff when boiled alone clos'
lly resembles that Of oak leaves.
It is certainly reasonable to beliey
, that a piece Of tanbark dropped int
The coffee pot would add nothing d
= sirable or pleasant to the favor OF Il
coffee. so the removal OF the cha
!. clearly makes a corresponding II
5 prcvement-
I SO. 700. with the Gust Of con-
? grinding; this Is the impurlty whi'
causes coffee to foam and boil oye
Cohee which is properly granulate
:. cleaned and freed from chaff' does n
5 boil over This is the test of purity
!. A SIGNIFICANT LETTER
. Charles W. Drew, Phi. B.. M-
h Analytical and Consulting Chem'
/. and Director OF the Minnesota lns
n tute Of Pharmacy. after analyzing
= sample of the coffee chan. wrote