Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-12
each The following table will show the
production for the years named:
Other Facts About Coffee.

There are two kinds of coffee. known as
mild and Rio" Rio comes from Brazil.
The mild coffee comes from Arabia. Java
and other East India islands, Central
America, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico and
the West India islands. with little from
Ecuador and Bolivia The "Yungas cof-
fee" grown In a valley of that name in
Bolivia is pronounced by experts to have
the most delicious flavor of any produced
in the world, but the product Is limited
and is exhausted by local consumers, SO
that 1t never comes to market. Conee
originated in a district called Kaffa, In
southern Abyssinia, where 1t grows wild In
great profusion upon the slopes of the
mountains, and was used by the natives
from the earliest times. The berry OBJ
tanned its name from that place In pre-
historic times 1t was carried over to Arabia,
and during the sixteenth century was In
trOduced into Turkey.
Mocha ia a port in southern Arabia from
which the product of that country is ship
ped-hence the name of a grade OF cofree
considered the most delicious and used
exclusively by the Turks. Very little Mocha
coffee is shipped to the United States, or
to any other country except Turkey. Last
year we only got about 10000 pounds alto
gether. Internal. disturbances and diseases
that kill the trees have reduced the product
to a very small amount-scarcely enough to
supply the demands of Turkey and the
neighboring countries. Mocha and Java,
however, are trade terms. used to describe
quality of coffee Of mild flavor. similar
to that produced in those countries. Most
of It comes from Venezuela. Colombia and
the Central American states.
The product Of Java coffee, like that OF
Arabia. is rapidly falling on for various
reasons. In 1897 1t was 156. 500. $3.50 pounds.
while last year 1t was only 83,0O0.O00
pounds, and the output Is mostly absorbed
by France, Germany. Holland, Denmark
and other European countries Last year
We got only about % coo, ESQ pounds of
Java, or about as much as was imported
from Mexico.
Coffee was introduced into Java and the
other East Indies islands in 1850 by
Dutch governor general, who carried some
seeds from Mocha In his pockets while en-
route to his post. In 1714 a coffee tree was
sent to Louis XIV Of France. He planted
1t in the conservatory at Versailles, ana the
seeds from it were sent to Santo Domingo
and Hayti in 1915 A year or two later
cuttings and seeds were sent to Martinique
and other West India islands. and to
French Guiana, from whence berries were
sent to Brazil and distributed among the
other republics.
The Brazilian Product.
The soil and climate of Brazil Is espe-
cially favorable to the production OF conee.
and for many years 1t has been the chief
source OF the worlds supply. The product
Of Brazil for the last few years has been
as follows: 1902, IA. 1871 CAT bags; 1923.
~, 1De .S80 bags: 1864. u06SUO Days.
1eO4-5 (ten months), e.a49.0O0 bags,
which Is due to the restrictive policy Of the
bra xilian government, prohio1ting the
uYantirag OF new trees and encouraging the
neglect OF old ones. It IS understood 70 pc
the intention OF the authorities to bring the
coffee product down to 100000 bags
wear and to keep II there.
Venezuela ranks next to Braxu e pso-