86 The Cultivation and Preparation of Coffee 



Okrassa Patent Peeler and Polisher was made 

 of phosphor bronze the polish would be lasting 

 and brilliant, and not less natural than that 

 imparted by the Smout Machine. Of course 

 this phosphor method of polishing the coffee 

 may be good enough for inferior coffee of light 

 appearance and colour, such as that usually 

 imported from Colombia in South America. It 

 is, however, evident that many planters and 

 many coffee mills have taken advantage of this 

 original idea of the planter above referred to, 

 and I am of the opinion that he ought to have 

 had it protected by patent. The planter, I 

 understand, knows the reason why his idea was 

 not protected, but the actual manufacturers, 

 who have made and sold a considerable number 

 of them, were not aware that this particular 

 planter was the originator of the idea, since at 

 that time the makers were supplying their coffee 

 machinery through well-known engineer mer- 

 chants in London. 



