128 CEYLON COFFEES. 



heavy in body or dark in color, is much smoother and 

 more palatable, the too-heavy properties of the original 

 being greatly modified by climatic and other causes. 



Geylon-Moclia Is a small bean, mountain-grown, 

 coffee, very even and uniform, usually separated from the 

 regular plantation var'sty. The raw or unroasted bean 

 is of a steel-blue or silvery-grey color, according to age, 

 exceedingly rich in liquor and fragrant in flavor, and con- 

 sidered by some experts to be equal in drinking qualities 

 to any variety grown, being frequently shipped to Aden 

 for substitution or mixing with Mocha coffee. 



Ceylon coffees are usually packed in casks and in 

 hogsheads (except Native, which is put up in bags), 

 the former weighing 400 and the latter 1,000 pounds, 

 and shipped to England, where it commands a high 

 price, relatively, and where they are graded as No. I 

 (largest) ; 2 (medium) ; 3 (small), and ^' Triage," or com- 

 mon, but generally as "Plantation" and "Native" in the 

 American market. In 1880 it was estimated that the 

 capital invested in coffee culture amounted to over 

 ;^70,ooo,ooo, a notable increase having taken place since 

 that year, there being at the present time some forty 

 districts on the island in which coffee culture is carried 

 on for commercial uses. While the native product is 

 usually calculated to extend over 50,000 acres, which, 

 however, varies very much, according to the character ot 

 the season, the prices obtained, and the cheapness oi 

 money. The annual exports are about 80,000,000 

 pounds, giving an average yield from old and new 

 plantations of a little over 400 pounds per acre. 



Include the products of the islands of Java, Sumatra, 

 Celebes, the Sunda and many other of the smaller islands 

 of the Malayan Archipelago. 



