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Dr. Gardner's prepared coffee-leaves are worthy of notice, as afford- 

 ing a really palatable drink when infused as tea is ; more so perhaps 

 than coffee is to the uninitiated. That this preparation contains a 

 considerable amount of the nutritious principles of coffee, is evident 

 from the analysis ; but as the leaves can only be collected in a good 

 state, at the expense of the coffee bush, it is doubtful whether the 

 coffee produced by the berries be not after all the cheapest, as it cer- 

 the tainly is the best. 



Coffee, Cocoa-seeds, Nibs, &c. 



Under this head the Jury have considered chocolates prepared for 

 use, when plain,* or if only sugared, for ordinary use ; and have ex- 

 cluded such as are made into pates, as more properly belonging to 

 confectionery department. 



Many good samples of coffee are exhibited from various parts of the 

 world, and amongst them some of excellent description from British 

 colonies, which have never before been known to produce this article. 

 On the other hand, there is a deficiency of specimens from the most 

 important producing countries, as Jamaica, Dominica, Berbice, St. 

 Domingo, Costa Rica, the Brazils, Manilla, and Java. 



Of cocoa the same may be said : the best producing countries export 

 the choice of their produce for the markets of Mexico, Spain, France, 

 and Italy ; the high differential duty obliging our manufacturers to be 

 contented with the inferior products of Trinidad, Granada, St. Lucia, 

 &c. In chocolates (manufactured cocoa) France alone is well repre- 

 sented : England cannot, here, compete, for the reason just stated 

 (under cocoa), and various adulterations are hence prevalent, the chief 

 of which are potato-flour and sago. 



Great Britain. — R. Snowden's patent purified coffee-nibs are the 

 produce of an improvement in the method of preparing coffee for the 

 table. The berry is split, and the husk (that formerly adhered to the 

 whole berry), which is usually removed from all but the slit, is here 

 extracted from that also : after which operation the berry is better 

 adapted for roasting. The coffee thus prepared is of the finest qua- 

 lity. The illustration of the process is complete ; and ample speci- 

 mens are exhibited. A Prize Medal has been awarded to Mr. Snowden 

 for his new method of separating the tough membrane from the folds 

 of the seed. 



Java exhibits good coffee, but none of marked superiority ; Ho- 

 nourable Mention is made of one sample, marked as from iJie Menado 

 district, which has a good, bold, well-formed berry ; and also to some 



