IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE COFFEE BERRY, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT FOR PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIONPAREVERAGE THEREFROM
Year: 1881

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LETTERS PATENT to Alfred Gough, of Buckingham, in the County of
Buckingham, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF
THE COFFEE BERRY, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT FOR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred Gough at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th April 1881.
ALRFED GOUGH, of Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE COFFEE BERRY, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF A NEW PRODUCT FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE THEREFROM."
My Invention relates to an improved process of treating or preparing the coffee
berry by malting it previous to roasting, whereby the flavour of the coffee is
improved, and to a new product consisting of a mixture of coffee so treated with
malted grain, from which to prepare a beverage possessing the flavour of coffee,
together with nutritious properties due to the admixture therewith of the malt.
According to my process of treating or preparing coffee the green coffee berries
are steeped in lime water for a certain length of time (which varies according to
the temperature or season) until they germinate sufficiently, after which they are
kiln dried, roasted, and ground in the usual way.
The coffee so prepared or treated may be used alone for the preparation of a
beverage, or with the admixture of malt prepared by malting any suitable kind of
grain in the same way as the coffee.
The malted, dried, and roasted coffee and grain may be mixed and ground
together, or they may be ground separately.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Alfred Gough in the Great Seal Patent Office on tho
28th October 1881.
ALFRED GOUGH, of Buckingham, in the County of Buckingham. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF THE COFFEE BERRY, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF A NEW PRODUCT FOR THE PREPARATION OF A BEVERAGE THEREFROM."
My Invention relates, 1st, to an improved process of treating or preparing the
coffee berry, which consists in malting it previous to roasting, whereby the flavour
of the coffee is improved; and, 2ndly, to a new product consisting of a mixture
of coffee so treated with malted grain, from which a beverage may be prepared
possessing the flavor of coffee, together with nutritious properties due to the
admixture of the malted grain therewith.
According to my process of treating or preparing coffee the green coffee berries
are steeped in lime water for a certain length of time (which varies according to
the temperature or season) until they germinate sufficiently, after which they are
kiln-dried, roasted, and ground in the usual way.
The coffee so prepared or treated may be used alone for the decoction of a
beverage therefrom, but I prefer to mix with it malt prepared by malting any
suitable kind of grain in the same way as the coffee. The malted, dried, and roasted
coffee and grain may be mixed and ground together, or they may be ground
separately, the proportions of the coffee and malt depending on the flavor required.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing tho
same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the hercin-
before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1st. The improved treatment or preparation of the coffee berry, consisting in
malting it before roasting, substantially as herein specified.
2nd. The combination or adımixture with malted and roasted coffee berries of
malted grain for the decoction of a beverage, as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alfred Gough, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
ALFRED GOUGH. (L.S.)