IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF A CERTAIN FRUIT, IN ORDER THAT ITS INFUSION MAY BE USED AS A BEVERAGE, AND TO RENDER IT SUITABLE FOR USE IN OTHER WAYS AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD." SPATION
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adamantius John Michael Bolanachi, of Daphne Cottage,
Buccleugh Road, West Dulwich, in the County of Surrey, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF A CERTAIN FRUIT, IN ORDER
THAT ITS INFUSION MAY BE USED AS A BEVERAGE, AND TO RENDER IT
SUITABLE FOR USE IN OTHER WAYS AS AN ARTICLE OF FOOD."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adamantius John Michael
Bolanachi at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th April
1880.
ADAMANTIUS JOHN MICHAEL BOLANACHI, of Daphne Cottage, Buccleugh Road,
West Dulwich, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION
OF A CERTAIN FRUIT, IN ORDER THAT ITS INFUSION MAY BE USED AS A
BEVERAGE, AND TO RENDER IT SUITABLE FOR USE IN OTHER WAYS AS AN ARTICLE
OF FOOD."
This Invention has for its object improvements in the preparation of a certain fruit
in order that its infusion may be used as a beverage, and to render it suitable for
use in other ways as an article of food.
The fruit is known scientifically as the "coratonia siliqua," and the process by
which I prepare it consists in drying the fruit in an oven at a moderate heat.
When thoroughly dry the fruit is removed from the oven and allowed to cool. As
soon as it is quite cold it is passed between rollers set at such a distance apart as
The seeds are then separated
to break the dry fruit but without crushing the seeds.
by sifting. The portion of the fruit which the rollers detach from the seeds may if
necessary be further roasted until it assumes a full brown color, or the oven in
which the fruit is dried may be sufficiently hot to render this subsequent roasting
of the flesh of the fruit unnecessary.
The seeds which have been separated are placed in a revolving pan or vessel, and
submitted to high heat, such as to roast the seeds to a deep brown color, but
without charring them.
The roasted seeds are ground to a coarse powder, and this powder is mixed with
the flesh of the fruit prepared as already described. This mixture yields an infusion
suitable for use as a beverage.
Or the soluble constituents of the material may be extracted and employed
for flavouring, either mixed with saccharine matter to formi flavouring syrup or
otherwise.
Waters flavoured with this syrup or extract may be aerated, and so prepared for
use as beverage.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Adamantius John Michael Bolanachi, in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th October 1880.
ADAMANTIUS JOHN MICHAEL BOLANACHI, of Daphne Cottage, Buccleugh Road,
West Dulwich, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION
OF A CERTAIN FRUIT, IN ORDER THAT ITS INFUSION MAY BE USED AS A
BEVERAGE, AND TO RENDER IT SUITABLE FOR USE IN OTHER WAYS AS AN ARTICLE
OF FOOD."
-This-Invention-has-for-its-object-improvements-in--the-preparation of a certain
fruit in order that either alone or when mixed with other vegetable products its
fusion may be used as a beverage, also to render it suitable for use in other ways as
an article of food.
The fruit is known scientifically as the "ceratonia siliqua," it is a pod in which
bean like seeds are contained.
may
be
I treat this fruit in the following manner to prepare it for use, so that it
employed to yield a beverage suited to take the place of coffee and tea:-I roast
the fruit, by preference in a water oven, but it may bo in a rotary roaster such as
is commonly employed in roasting coffee. If a water oven be employed the fruit
should be laid out on trays so that the moisture may freely escape and the heat bo
uniformly diffused. I regulate the temperature in such manner that in about one
hour and a half (more or less) the exterior or pod-like-part-of the-fruit-has.assumed.
throughout the color of roasted coffee. The fruit is then removed from the oven
and is allowed to cool. When quite cold it is passed between a pair of revolving
rollers set just so far apart as not to crush the bean like seeds, but thoroughly to
break up the pod in which they are contained.
This part of the fruit will have become very brittle in consequence of the
roasting to which it has been exposed. The seeds are sifted out from the remainder
of the product and these are reroasted in a rotary coffee roaster. This reroasting
is necessary, because at one operation it is not possible properly to roast the seeds
or berries without burning or overdoing the outer portion or podlike part of the
fruit. When this second roasting is complete the seeds are allowed to cool, and
when cold they are ground in a mill such as is used for grinding coffee. The pod
like part previously separated is also ground, and for this purpose mill stones will
be found inore suitable than a metal inill, but in either case any suitable mill may
be employed, and the two products may be ground either together or separately. If
they be ground separately, a thorough admixture of the whole is afterwards made.
From this product, without further preparation, a very agreeable and wholesome
beverage may be prepared, but if it be desired that the flavour should closely
resemble that of mocha coffee I mix it with another material which I preparo as
follows: I take the seeds, scientifically known as those of the "vicia_sativa," and
I roast these seeds in a rotary coffee roaster as coffee is roasted, and afterwards
grind them. It is convenient to grind them together with tho seeds of the
"ceratonia siliqua." but they may be separately ground and a thorough mixture is
in that case effected afterwards. The "vicia sativa" may advantageously be
employed in such proportion as to form from one third to one fifth part of the
mixture. The preparation above described will, when packed in such manner as to
exclude air and moisture, keep for an indefinite time.
I also prepare an extract from the "ceratonia siliqua" in the following manner :-
I take the dry but unroasted fruit, crush it and soak it for many hours in water
sufficient to cover it until it is thoroughly soft, I then simmer it for about one hour
and allow it to get cold, I drain away and press out the liquor and I filter it so as
to obtain it bright and clear. I then dissolvo in the liquor as much white sugar as

page_text: it will take up, I refilter it if necessary, and I pack it for sale in well stopped
bottles. This extract or syrup when mixed with aerated water makes a very
agreeable and refreshing drink.
Another extract may be prepared in the same manner from the fruit after it has
been roasted and ground as above described.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I claim, the preparation,
substantially as described of the fruit "ceratonia siliqua," in order that either alone
or mixed with the "vicia sativa" or with other vegetable products its infusion
may be used as a beverage, also to render it suitable for use in other ways as
described, as an article of food.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adamantius John Michael Bolanachi, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
A. J. M. BOLANACHI. (L.S.)