918 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



"TIIK SUCCESS OF THK SKASON." 



Java coffee compound, 1-pound packages, whole bean, 60 pounds in case ; cost, 10 

 cents per pound ; retail it for 15, and give better value than you now do for 24. Send 

 us your order at once. Draft or post-office order must accompany it. If for any rea- 

 son you wish to return Java coffee compound within thirty days of its receipt, do 

 so at our expense and we refund money. You won't return it, but will order more. 

 Very truly yours, 



THK DOWLING MFG. Co. 

 Reference, Produce National Hank. 



GENTLEMEN : We have sent you by mail a sample of our " coftee substitute," which 

 is being used by the trade very generally in this city. We claim for our goods that, 

 unlike any other mixture in the market, it is positively neutral in character and can 

 be used in larger quantities and to better advantage than any other, while the style 

 is always uniform both in color and grain. Those goods are put up in barrels of 

 about 200 pounds net, and are sold "F. O. B." at 5 cents, less 10 per cent, ten days. 

 We would be pleased to ship you any quantity for a trial, should you desire it. 

 Very respectfully, 



POWELL MANUFACTURING Co., 

 Per J. D. M. 

 (See p. 916, serial No. 10515.) 



Abstract from letter of M. Kliemand, 1 327 Degraw street, Brooklyn. 



I beg to mail you a sample of a coffee substitute, "Kunst-Kaffee," manufactured by 

 Messrs. Erhorn & Dierchs, Hamburg, who appointed me general agent for the United 

 States. 



Advantages. It is animating, but not exciting, and very nutritious and whole- 

 some, softening the taste of the inferior coffees; quality unimpaired for twelve months 

 or longer. 



Price. Eleven cents per pound, New York, net, per Pennsylvania Railroad. 



The above so-called coffee substitute (Department serial No. 8883) is 

 admitted at the pdrt of New York as a " substitute for coffee" at the 

 rate of 1^ cents per pound. 



Dr. Van Hamel Roos calls attention to the following novel scheme for 

 the sophistication of coffee berries : 2 



The microscopical examination of a sample, rendered suspicious by 

 its dark color, showed the structure of genuine coffee, but the fat glob- 

 ules, which are always abundant in pure coffee, were almost entirely 

 absent. The ether extract from pure coffee is 13 to 14 per cent. In 

 this sample it was less than 1 per cent. It is evident that the roasted 

 coffee had been treated for the manufacture of coffee extract, after 

 which the grains were roasted a second time with the addition of a little 

 sugar to cover the berries with a deceptive gla/ing. Tbe dark color 

 of the beans was due to the second roasting. 



Owing to lack of time no chemical analyses of artificial coffees were 

 made in connection with this report. A large number of analyses have 



given by the customs authorities is 159 Front street, Nc\v York, Cii> . 

 'Revue Intern. des Falsifications, 4, 10, 166, May 15, 1891. 



