MAKING OF COFFEE. 6l 



in the present abridgment, because there are several vessels of 



this description, with the exception of the surrounding boiler, 



to be found in our shops. 



The reader must have recourse to the essay itself for these Description of 



and other particulars of considerable interest, and delivered in a v , eT Y Rim P Ie 

 1 and cheap ap- 



the familiar and perspicuous style which distinguish the vvri- paratus for 



tings of this author. The poor, and those who prefer simpli- making coffee. 



city of structure to the extremes of perfection, will be gratified 



by a description of his last apparatus, fig. 8. It is a porcelain, 



or earthern jug, with a tubular spout, not unlike those which we 



call milk jugs, except that these commonly have a lip-spout' 



(which would answer nearly as well.) Into the mouth of this 



is fitted a tin vessel, which fits and descends a little way down. 



It has a flat bottom perforated with many holes, and a good 



close cover j and it would be well to have a round plate or 



rammer, to compress the coffee on its bottom, and defend it 



from the stream of hot water, when poured in. These several 



parts are to be dipped in boiling water before using, and the 



difference between coffee made by this simple and cheap appa-. 



ratus, of which the mug may also be applied to other uses, 



and that made by the the most perfect machines, will scarcely 



be distinguishable. 



Sufficient length has already been given to our abstract, to General con- 

 forbid us to follow the Count in the explanation of his views sidcrations or 

 directed to the benefit of society, with relation to the com- j n g thebeue- 

 forts of individuals, as well as to the economy of the political fits of coffee, 

 aggregate. That it would be preferable to consume an article 

 produced by the colonies of European nations, who demand 

 the manufactures and products of the parent -state, instead of 

 sending bullion to China for an article of less value: that it 

 would be preferable that the poor should enjby the innocent 

 exhilaration of coffee, and the nutriment of sugar, instead of 

 forgetting their hardships during the momentary intervals of 

 insanity, produced by fermented and distilled liquors j that they 

 should be cheerful, benevolent, animated, healthy, and indus- 

 trious with coffee, instead of becoming outrageous, mischievous, 

 diseased, idle, and sunk in languor and debility with gin, &c.,&c. ♦ 



These are among the meditations interspersed through this little 

 work, which the reader will be gratified in consulting, and will 

 probably be induced to make others iu his turn. 



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