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honored guest. To hand full cup to
a guest would be an insult.
Coffee Map Of the World.
If one were to construct coffee
map of the world filling in coffee grow
ing areas in black he would find most
of his dark area on the portion of the
world map between the Tropic OF
Capricorn and the Tropic Of Cancer
Mexico would be filled in from the
Tropic of Cancer to its southernmost
border. The whole area Of Central
America and wide coastal rim
around the northwestern shoulder of
South America, including portions of
Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru on the
Pacific, and Columbia and the Guianas
on the Atlantic would also be marked
as we'll as Jamaica, Haiti, Porto Rico
and Santo Domingo.
An inverted pear-shaped area on
the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Ba-
hia to point south of Rio de Janeiro
in Brazil is the worlds leading coffee
producing area. In this region is Sac
Paulo state whose prosperity rises and
falls with the condition Of the coffee
industry. Coffee is responsible for
the fact that the state has more miles
OF railroads than any other state in
the republic. The railroad leading
from Santos, the worlds chief coffee
port, to Sac Paulo, the worlds coffee
capital. is one Of the richest steel high
ways because 1t is literally coffee
funnel, the smaller end Of the funnel
being set in ships holds at Santos.
The first coffee berries did not reach
Brazil until 1927. Today coffee ana
Brazil are nearly synonymous. In Sac
Paulo state alone there are more than
100000 coffee plantations with 100000
600 trees in production. New trees
numbering 15S0OO.0OO have been set
out and soon will be in production.
One plantation owns its own rail-
roads, highways, shops, stores and
warehouses.
Africa has several coffee-growing
regions. Liberia. Sierra Leone and
portion of southern Nigeria are large
producers. The coastal zones Of the
Belgian Congo and portion of Angola.
Mozambique and Kenya are dotted
with plantations while Ethiopia, orig
nal home of the famous coffee berry,
continues to produce. Coffee planta-
tions in Madagascar are confined to
the eastern half Of the island.
The southwestern corner Of the
Arabian Peninsula continues to grow
the so-called Mocha coffee. while the
southern tip of India and Ceylon also
are important coffee-growing regions
Of Asia. lava and neighboring islands
have successfully grown coffee trans
PLANTED from Liberia. and New
Guinea's eastern plantations are show
ing promise in the coffee industry.
Australias coffee-growing region IS
in Queensland. he so-called sugar
bowl' of the continent.
How the Bean Is Handled.
The coffee plant grows to height
Of from IL to 20 feet. It's blossoms re-
main on the plant only day or two
when the petals wither and fall and
the fruit begins to take shape. A bush
produces from two to three crops
year. Ripe coffee berries resemble
dark red cherries. Inside the ''cher.
ries" are two coffee beans (the coffee
of c0mmerce) which are extracted by
various processes.
The beans are enveloped in deli
cate skin and aeshy pulp. In Arabia
these coverings are removed by the
old drying method The berries are
spread out on drying floor few
inches deep where they are frequently
stirred so that each berry may be
exposed to the SUM- The PUPPY cover
ing dries in from two to three weeks
after which the berries are pounded
until the coffee beans are set free
The most popular method Of hulling
is the wet method The berries are
brought in from the field and placed
in tanks. The mature berries will
sink to the bottom Of the tank where
they are drawn off through pipes and
conveyed to crushing machines The
crushed mass passes to water tank
where 1t is stirred to separate the
beans. The beans fall to the bottom
Of the tank and are withdrawn. At
this stage the beans are covered with
a Shiny film which is removed by plac-
ing them in vat where fermentation
sets up. Then they are washed, dried
and sacked for market, the latter
process consisting Of asserting the
beans into sizes. colors, and elm
mating any foreign bodies from the
mass.
Young coffee plants must be given
protection from the sun for several
months after they break through the
ground. Some planters shade them
with palm leaves; some by building
matting-covered frame over the plants
about three feet above the ground