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can roast coftee if jou have bi_<>" grains and little in the 

 same lump. If you roast the big ones, you will burn the 

 little ones; and if you roast the little ones, the big ones 

 will be raw. That is the first step. Then you must have 

 a way of applying heat. One good way is to shake the 

 pan, but that is a pretty strenuous operation. These little 

 rotating roasters that they roast peanuts and chestnuts 

 in are very excellent. That is what I use in my house. 

 They accuse me of being a bachelor, but I keep house and 

 supervise my own cooking for the " poison squad," and 

 sometimes invite my friends. Then you Avant to give a 

 good roast, a little more than brown. Coffee when made 

 right ought to be nearly black. If you don't roast to that 

 point, you don't get quite the flavor of the coffee. Have 

 every grain alike ; that is the beauty of it. The great mis- 

 take generally made in coffee roasting is trjdng to roast 

 grains of difierent sizes at the same time. That is the 

 whole story, — to apply the heat evenly to grains of the 

 same size. 



Question. AVhat grade of coftee do 3'ou call for "when 

 you want the raw coft'ee ? 



Dr. Wiley. Nearly all our coffee comes from Brazil. 

 A little comes from other places, such as Porto liico, but 

 that is a very small part ; probably 80 per cent comes from 

 Brazil. No. 1 is the highest grade, I believe. I am not 

 sure about that, however ; I don't know which way they 

 run, but they have these different grades. They are all 

 different prices. The best grade sells now for 11 cents, the 

 lower grades will sell for less. The low grade did sell for 

 3 cents a short time aaro, and the hisfh as low as 7, but now 

 they are up a little. The kind that is sold for Mocha and 

 Java is the hio-hest-OTade coffee. The coffee tree was 

 imported from Arabia and India to Brazil. Don't think 

 I mean the coffee sold for Java and Mocha is not good 

 coffee, — I haven't the least notion of saying that. I say 

 it isn't Java and Mocha, and therefore should not bring the 

 price it does. The grains are rounder and plumper than the 

 other grains. You go to an}^ coffee dealer in Boston, and 

 get him to show them. If you get it at wholesale, you Avill 



