The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-05
"WHAT HARRINGTON HALL THE
STEEL CUT COFFEE MEANS"

/ ffN"ANt NeS eSHtf94tr dNu Is dDUnOdnl
in those infusions which are kept a
long time on the stove before being
served
In 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 3ll speaking of tannin. says
when taken into the stomach. a
large dose has an irritaat acuon
throughout the alimentsry canal
These authorities make clear tha.
whatever of har incomes from coffee
drinking is due to the tannin, an as
tringent element whose commonest
industrial use is TO convert hides in o
leather
REMOVE THE CAUSE.
Remove The tannin aad cup of cof-
fee may be brewed as healthfuI as
any a cup which banIshes fatigue,
IquiclIens 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 a benefit
TO man. Treated by this process and
relieved of the harsh bitter flavor due
to the chan it will become stiH more
the worlds great beverage.
shakespeare's 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 II IS grown in Arabia sul.
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 fslRnJs OF the sea coffee is the
great staple Coffee drinkers are
found IN every civilized and barbarous
nation ON he globe
THE TANNlN-eEARlNG cHAFF.
Look at a kernel of coffee as it.
comes from the roaster and before bal
Is ground Note that The chaff 60 be
found I'm the little groove and on the
inside Of The coffee berry, is a part Of
the parchment envelope m which the
coffee grows This envelope has none
of the quality hat gives coffee hs
flavor ia the cup, bur. instead has
the unpleasant bitter taste which as
described by the medical authorities.
Is the basis Tor the objection which
some people find TO coffee drinking.
Apparently this chan Is light lu 1
weight and Of little consequence. but
when removed fro mthe bean. FIVE
pounds OF coffee will yield a double
and the flavor OF the infusion
of this chan when boiled alone close
ly resembles that Of oak leaves
II IS certainly reasonable TO believe I
that piece of tanbark dropped into .
he coffee pot would add nothing de-
sirable or pleasant TO the flavor Of the .
coffee so the removal OF the chat .
clearly makes corresponding I'm
provement
SO. too with The Gust Of coffee
grinding this IS the lmpurity which .
causes coffee 20 foam and boil over
Coffee which IS properly granulated /
cleaned and freed from chan. does not (
boil over This IS the test Of purity
A SIGNIFICANT LETTER
Charles ". Drew. Phi b, n d.
Analytical and Consulting Chemist
and Director Of he minnesota Iustl
tuie Of Pharmacy. after analyzing a
sample Of the cofee chan, wrote the
following letter.