Among the Turks. 



It is stated that the Mufti of Aden, when on a 

 journey to pay homage to his superior in Persia, 

 saw the processes of roasting, grinding and boiling 

 the coffee, which on his return he introduced into 

 Arabia. There was considerable opposition raised 

 by the " true believers " at first to the use of coffee, 

 as, judging from its stimulating effects that it must 

 possess properties akin to those of alcohol, they 

 supposed it would properly come under the ban of 

 the Koran. The Sultan, however, did away with 

 this difficulty by issuing a proclamation authorizing 

 its use, upon which booths for its preparation and 

 sale w r ere at once erected in all directions. The 

 consumption of coffee among the Turks has ever 

 since continued very great, which may be in some 

 measure, perhaps, accounted for by their being 

 debarred by their religion from the use of wines 

 and spirituous liquors. So necessary did coffee 

 soon come to be considered among the people, that 

 the refusal to supply it in sufficient quantity to a 

 wife was recognized as a sufficient ground upon 

 which she might sue for a divorce. 



The Turks drink their coffee very hot and strong, 

 and without sugar ; sometimes they add to the 

 decoction, when boiling, a clove or two bruised, 

 or a few seeds of starry aniseed, some of the lesser 

 cardamoms, or a drop of essence of amber. 



In England the use of coffee at first met with 



