FOREIGN PRODUCE. 

 TEA, COFFEE, AND CHOCOLATE. 



TEA rises to a petition of importance in the eighteenth century, and, 

 for ihc fir-: 1 Itstory, is mien a separate table to itself. The 



record is fairly complete, only a lew years being without any entry, 

 though several are meagrely supplied. The London prices arc quotations 

 from newspapers, except those taken from the Steward's book of the 



Earl of Carlisle. The Brandsby records supply prices for many fears. 

 >i the Steward buys small quantities when he goes to York, but 

 later on Mrs. Cholmeley deals with the grocer, who enters the items in 

 a small book, in accordance with modern custom. 



The article is sold under various names, Bohea, Congo, Souchong, 

 Green, Pekoe, Imperial, Hyson, Gunpowder, Bloom, Cowslip, and other 

 fancy names. The prices vary enormously, and are at times appallingly 



Chocolate and cocoa are also bought, but the prices are not con- 

 tinuous. Chocolate nuts and cocoa nibs and shells are occasionally 

 purchased. Coffee, under the various titles of Plantation, East India, 

 Turkey, Ac., is frequently quoted. The price does not vary so much as 

 that of tea, and is much lower till just the end of the century. 



Unless otherwise stated, tea is sold by the pound, coffee by the cwu 



1701 



170S. 



J*. 



leW, 



is/. 1 



alb. coffee 4 4/4. 

 Aug. 



A 



ia/. 



Howard 



Jan. a4. 

 a Ib. tea ao/. 



Jone a. 

 a Ib. bobea and 



Ag J4- 



a Ib. bobca and 

 boxe* 3 */ 



1704. 



I6/. 



i6/. 

 18/. 

 6/. 



Dec. 



6 Ib. green 16/7. 

 i Ib. bobea i6/. 



Feb. 

 alb. bobea 



Apr. 



i Ib. bobea 

 4 Ib. green 

 3 Ib, bobca^ 



May, 

 Oreen . . . 13/6. 



Howard ACCOM* 

 Oct. a*. 

 3 Ib. bobea and box 



3 V- 



3 Ib. Imperial and 



box 4 137. 

 Oct. 37. 

 I Ib. bobea for my 



i Ib. green 

 Dec. 13. 

 I Ib. tea 



SO/. 



3iA 



a Ib. bobea * 317, 



Apr. 18. 

 a 4 Ib.cboc,4 

 a Ib. tea and 



i 18/8. 



I He*'?' 4 o/. 



1708. 



LOKOOK. 



Mar. 15. 

 6 Ib. green * l6/. 



4nt> 



CoBMt 6/4, (A 



'9A 

 3/6- 



Howard A 



Dec. 10. 



to Ib. cboc.0 



i !b. Imperial 



Dec 13. 



ia 



V: 

 llb.C 



Aog. a. 



I ' 

 40/- 



"l '" 



1706. 



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C sni 



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