COFFEE. Ill 



bra ted gardener, is of opinion, that coffee does not require 

 long keeping, and that it loses a part of its flavour. He 

 states that two gentlemen, who resided some years in 

 Arabia, assured him that the berries, when first ripe, were 

 very superior to those which had been kept. He also 

 states, that from plants brought from the West Indies, 

 and raised in English hot-houses, coffee-berries have 

 been produced, which, at a proper age, were found to 

 surpass the very best Mocha that could be produced in 

 Great Britain. Jamaica coffee is often sold as Turkey 

 coffee in London, and there have been many samples sent 

 from Jamaica, that have proved quite equal to any 

 Arabian berries. As coffee readily imbibes the smell or 

 flavour of any article it comes in contact with, it is often 

 injured in the voyage home, by being stowed near sugar, 

 rum, pimento, &c. &c. ; and the flavour which it thus 

 contracts, cannot be separated again, even by roasting. 



The most eminent physicians of every country have 

 recommended the use of coffee for various complaints. 

 It greatly relieves the head-ache, and is recommended to 

 those of constitutionally weak stomachs, as it accelerates 

 the process of digestion, removes languor and listless- 

 ness, and affords a pleasing sensation. Coffee is often 

 found useful in quieting the tickling vexatious cough. 

 Sir John Floyer, who had been afflicted with the asthma 

 for sixty years, was relieved by strong coffee. The great 

 use of coffee in France is supposed to have abated the 

 prevalency of the gravel ; for where coffee is used as 

 a constant beverage, the gravel and the gout are scarcely 

 known. Voltaire lived almost wholly on coffee, and said 

 nothing exhilarated his spirits so much as the smell of it; 

 for which reason he had what he was about to use in the 

 day roasted in his chamber every morning, when he lived 

 at Ferney. 



A friend writes me from Constantinople, that many of 



