A New or Improved Beverage Preparation.
Year: 1899

page_text: We, THOMAS LITTLEHALES, of 42, Thornhill Road, Handsworth, in the County
of Stafford, Manufacturer, and EDWARD JOHN THEODORE DIGBY, of 137, Suffolk
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Food Chemist, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved composition and preparation of
ingredients for a beverage, primarily suitable for breakfast or supper, that is,
it is intended to be used instead of, or as a change to the ordinary coffee chocolate
or cocoa beverages.
It consists of 45 parts by weight of carobes, 32 parts of chicory, 20 parts of
coffee, 2 parts of kola nuts, and one part of salt.
The coffee berries are roasted and reduced to powder in the ordinary manner:
the carobes are placed in a retort, which is heated to a temperature of about
150 degrees Fah. for about 24 hours, and upon their removal are further sub-
jected to the roasting process for about 50 minutes in an ordinary coffee drum
and then cooled, after which they are reduced to powder in any suitable grind-
ing mill. The Kola nuts are placed in a retort which is heated to a temperature
of about 200 degrees Fah. for about 24 hours, then removed, perfectly cooled,
and reduced to powder by the ordinary grinding process. The chicory is roasted
and ground in the ordinary manner. The salt is also well dried and reduced
to a very fine powder.
The whole of the foregoing ingredients are now placed in a suitable mixing
machine, and well blended when the combination will be ready for use.
By these means we produce a mixture which is exceedingly palatable, refresh-
ing and invigorating, and which will compare favourably with the cost of other
similar productions.
Dated this 15th day of November 1899.
A New or Improved Beverage Preparation.
We, THOMAS LITTLEHALES, of 42, Thornhill Road, Handsworth, in the County
of Stafford, Manufacturer, and EDWARD JOHN THEODORE DIGBY, of 137, Suffolk
Street, in the City of Birmingham, Food Chemist, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: -
This invention relates to a new or improved composition and preparation of

page_text: ingrédients for a beverage, primarily suitable for breakfast or supper, that is,
it is intended to be used instead of, or as a change to the ordinary coffee chocolate
or cocoa beverages.
It consists of 45 parts by weight of carobes, 32 parts of chicory, 20 parts of
coffee, 2 parts of kola nuts, and one part of salt.
The coffee berries are roasted and reduced to powder in the ordinary manner;
the carobes are placed in a retort, which is heated to a temperature of about
150 degrees Fah. for about 24 hours, and upon their removal are further sub-
jected to the roasting process for about 50 minutes in an ordinary coffee drum
and then cooled, after which they are reduced to powder in any suitable grind-
ing mill. The kola nuts are placed in a retort which is heated to a temperature
of about 200 degrees Fah. for about 24 hours, then removed, perfectly cooled.
and reduced to powder by the ordinary grinding process. The chicory is roasted
and ground in the ordinary manner. The salt is also well dried and reduced
to a very fine powder.
The whole of the foregoing ingredients are now placed in any suitable mixing
machine, and well blended when the combination will be ready for use.
By these means we produce a mixture which is exceedingly palatable, refresh-
ing and invigorating, and unlike the ordinary coffee beverage does not excite
nervous disturbance, and will compare favourably with the cost of other similar
productions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. The herein described beverage composition consisting of carobes, chicory,
coffee, kola nuts, and salt, in or near the proportions specified as herein set forth
and for the purpose specified.
2. The process of preparing the composition of parts as set forth in Claim One
or similar thereto substantially as herein described.
D
11
1000
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicants' Agent.
International Exchange Buildings, 158, Edmund Street, Birmingham.