Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-17
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
The secret of Good Conec.

The secret of Good Coffee.
reader connected with the coffee trade
writes me that 1 all to the mustard I'm
my teaching that coffco we'll made and pron-
eriy used by adults Is a wholesome healthful
beverage. and desires to present me with some
KIND of hiEhfalutin percolator and special
brand to make in the contraption. Maybe
am o!d-fashtoned and "sot" In my ways hut
somehow have never been able TO make any
headway with safety razor and / can't see
why anybody should bother n perculn tor
win coHee pots SO cheap so convenient and
80 thoroughly satisfactory in action.
There's little secret about good coffee
that 1 fear have failed to emphasize I'm pre
''o"s talks on tho subject. The peculiar
pleasant flavor and odor of coffee dcncnds|
'hrse'y upon volatile or aromatic oil pres
ent In the coffee berry. perhaps half n tc,
sPoon1M an each we'll made cup Of coffee This
10 IN" pseasant odor that IL given of when
CONGO $H<uined by boiling or kent long enough
on tbs hre TO permeats the household y,,b
inc Pheasant odor--at the expense OF tho favor
OF tho coffee itself. Now, the secret 7 fnned
20 mention before is this: Tho volatile or
~"h"1,c OILS arc more or less soluble In cold
or tepid water hut not In boiling or hot rator
h'Fn"pa that Is the reason why better bey-
eraEe Is made by grinding the coffee imme
"'A''iy oetore use letting II stand for sew
sra. minutes or half an hour in cold water
WIN 'he cGE stirred In. and finally setting
inc pot on the fire and watching To SOC I'm,
~ Is snatchcd OF before II hollis nm and go
ing Immediately.
Now, my friend OF tho coffee trade who
wants TO present with n sort of burial
urn TO make coffee with informs me that cof-
zee should be powdered" Just before II is pre-
pared and only hot water or boiling water
used Inc suggestion OF powderInE seems
good-that would expose more surface to the
solvent action OF the cold water and perhaps
givo more satisfactory beverage with
slightly smaller amount OF coffee The M.
tioh or using only boiling water is absolut civ
wrong. but / suppose percoiator users really
90 not know what cup Of good coffee should
taste like.
According TO the studies and obseryatipns
made by DR.. Philip u. Hawk whose little book
What we Eat and What IIarpans to IT,
'harper Brothcrs), should Interest
PeoPie VINO have been miscd by self
erected iood specialists. The presence OF n cup
oi cohee In the stomach with food rather aida
o'Ees''oh' ne says. To be sure, DR. Hawk
Ia'ner ohmhs coffee with faint praise but
MS hndlnss do not jibe well with his faint
praise Oh the beverage. the latter being per-
haps the doctors prejudice DIR. Hawk is nor
a physician.
Unquestionably some semi-i nvalids should
not take coneo except by their physicians APP
prevail NO child under the ago of sixteen
years should drink even small amounts OF
coffee. For the rest of us cup or two OF
properly made coffee for breakfast is n bless
ing from every poin, OF view But coffee
that has boiled even wee bit has lost some
thing. for boiling extracts the fannie acid
which Is pretty tough on even the best OF
stomachs