Putnam patriot., 1914-08-07
COFFEE AT SARTOS
BFaZifs National Beverage and
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A DRAFT oF LiaUID LIFE.

tHfg6 as mn Wapfe oFups Nh1DSf
 Bright ana crzstal Clear. the ssauo-
 tive Drink Stimulates the Brain,
 Wnae t Sets the Nerves on Edge.
 The coffee 3f Brazil is tine lowest priced in the world market. know ing this fact. l was t8e more surprised at the exquisite flavor 0f the coffee served in the public cafes of Brazil. I called this apparent aunp.aly to the at tenti0n Of an old AHeio-f f,raZilian with whom 1 dined in santos one evening. and be advanced the opinion that the Americans. Germans and French, the principal coffee drinkers, did not know how 10 make the beverage
 You are all too free with water and too sparing with coffee" he said. You spare your coffee and, suppose --um well. yes. possibly your nerves. Then he summoned the head waiter. held q short conversation with him in Portuguese and finally induced him to escort IS to the kitchen in the rear and inaugurate for my benefit the cere- meHY of preparing q fresh tank of coffee.
 The chef desired it particularly ex- plained that coffee as generally used in Brazil was not roasted to the crisp hess of that treated in the United States This insures against any but the most delicate of the tavOring es- aeuce being extracted in the boiling ..1 tbfts f,,t.art. .srDtnthpaes f, tho beverage He also called attention to the fact that the bean is not ground fine Each grain is cracked into not more than six or eight pieces by being ran through a wide sci mill and then carefully blown and sifted to get rid of the dust and smaller fragments.
 But the main divergence from our procedure lies in the quantity of coffee used An extract of meat advertise meHt defines is product as 'a bull ill il teacup." With no more congregation might the modern Brazilian nectar be styled sa plantation in coffee cup
 The chef took four liter measures of the cracked coffee and added it to just twice that quantity of warm but not boiling water in a shallow copper pan. Here he allowed it to soak for five minutes before turning on the burn CTS, quickly bringing the water to q boil so violent that pieces of the coffee were thrown out on the stove.
 This agitation was followed by ten minutes cooling on d side table at the end of which time the chef added q half dozen drops of q pungent liquid from a slender green vial, the nature of which he refused to divulge, but which my friend told me was some kind of Il neutra lizing agent to elim- mate certain rawness, impalpable to other than trained palates. Almost i'm mediately nickel siphon was intro dueed Just under the surface of the liquid. and about six liters of it was drawn off from the pan into boiler.
 Nothing now remained but the boil ing down. which took half an hour and reduced the liquid to a volume of three liters and the consistency of thin ma pie sirup In the boiler 1t was inky black. but when poured showed stream which was amber bright and crystal clear Thus the four hters of coffee beans made only three-quarters of that quantity of liquid coffee.
 If you are not of nature impervious to the appeals of the appetite your first cup of coffee in q Santos cafe will be an experience You enter and seat yourself at one of the tables scattered in refreshing aimlessness over the cool marble pavement Hidden in tangle of shrubbery an orchestra k playing sonnet hing with a catch and sob in it that you are sure yon have heard Tn another incarnation. while an cleo tric fan placed in a palm tree sets frond aquiver Just above your head.
 Even the rattle of the street sinks Co a heavy hum and comes to your ear all peacefulness Lulled by veritahle lotus eaters spell of content. you are about to drow>e away and loose your fancy on q search for the original source of the familiar but elusive melo- 5iy that k still pulsing in the jungle in the patio when somehow you become aware that the mozo has set little cup before you, which. from the pleas ant odor and the thin curl of smoke above it. might he full of a fragrant incense
 You lift II ta your lips and feel that strange stir If anticipation. that mys= terious feret3ste cas"d by sentimental ists ''the snul of the drink, which steals over yon preliminary to Sippine 2 are aud rHngent liquor Now ii touches Yeur tongue. and you arr WI ling to swr3r that the capsule of liqud life k dissolvtAg in your mouth lr moment mene the fumes have risen tn your brain n thrill of energy goes tilt glmg through your nerves. and you straighten mp with the feeling that you are able to go ont and build railroad single handed If you can go to sleep fin the next twenty-four hours you de s.,r,..a a .,,l.9 ,,a,aaI No NbrE