AFRICAN COFFEES. I07 



not reach the outside world. It is to be hoped, how- 

 ever, that whenever this rich country which produces 

 coffee in such wild abundance shall be permitted, by- 

 civilized man, to enjoy its fertility it will rapidly become 

 an article of extensive cultivation and commerce. 



Egyptian — Comprises the product of the Upper 

 Nile region, and that grown around Berber and the 

 Soudan, very little being produced in the country itself. 

 Being the product of different districts, they vary in size 

 and quality, ranging from small to medium, are palish- 

 green in color, flat or regular in shape, and possess 

 superior drinking properties ; so much so that many of 

 the smaller bean varieties are put up in Mocha bales at 

 Alexandria and sold under the name of " Short-berry 

 Mocha," being shipped principally to France and 

 England, where they are known to the initiated as 

 "Alexandrian or Egyptian Mochas." 



Ifubian — Is a small-bean coffee, hard and flinty in 

 texture, oval in shape, pale-green in color, heavy in body, 

 and unusually rich in flavor. This variety is usually 

 fonvarded to Alexandria for conversion into a so-called 

 Mocha, seldom finding its way into the American or 

 European markets under its legitimate name. 



Zanzibar — Is medium in size, regular in appearance, 

 full in body and pleasing in flavor, but also very limited 

 in quantity. Increased effort is now being made, how- 

 ever, by the French, German and Italian colonists to 

 increase and extend its cultivation in that country. 



Mozambiq^ue — The product is fairly good, ranking 

 with the average of mild coffees, medium in size, green- 

 ish in color, heavy and mellow in the cup. 



