During the American Civil War coffee was also scarce in the South : For the stimulating property to which both tea and coffee owe their chief value , there is unfortunately no substitute ; the best we can do is to dilute the little stocks which still remain , and cheat the palate , if we can not deceive the nerves .
In the American Civil War there was a similar story - `` For the stimulating property to which both tea and coffee owe their chief value , there is unfortunately no substitute ; the best we can do is to dilute the little stocks which still remain , and cheat the palate , if we can not deceive the nerves . ''