148 COFFEE. 



ground. A well-developed tree yields fi-om one-half to one pound 

 of coffee. 



Laguayra coffee is grown on highlands in the province of 

 Valencia, some six or eight miles from the capital city of Caracas, 

 in Yenezuela. A coast range of mountains extends through the 

 northwestern part of the province of Caracas. The bulk of the 

 crop is sent to Europe. The best coffee is shipped to the United 

 States under the name of washed Caracas, Caracas Laguayra, and 

 Trillados. The balance of the Laguayra crop forms the larger 

 part of what is termed Puerto Cabello, the latter being the name 

 of a shipping port further west on the Caribbean Sea. This cof- 

 fee is known as Puerto Cabello Trillados, and graded upon the 

 Eio basis, as the bean approximates Kio coffee in size and color. 

 The last named is inferior to Maracaibo in quality. Li the 

 province of Coro a low grade of coffee is raised and shipped from 

 Puerto Cabello as Laguayra or Maracaibo. 



Maracaibo coffee is put up in thin sisal hemp bags, containing 

 130 pounds ; the Laguayra in heavy burlap bags, usually holding 

 110 pounds, net ; there is, however, no uniformity, as the coffee 

 is received in all sorts of shapes. The bags are marked with the 

 initial letter of the consignor or consignee, under which is a letter 

 designating the province in which the coffee was grown. Too 

 much reliance must not be placed upon these marks, as inferior 

 coffee is often branded with the initial letter of a district growing 

 a fine grade. The average imports of Laguayra coffee into the 

 United States for ten years have been about 90,000 bags, or 5,139 

 tons. 



Savanilla coffee is grown in the United States of Colombia, in 

 and about the town of Ocana, on the western slope of the range 

 from which the Cucuta crop is received. It ranks in the New 

 York market below Maracaibo. Another variety of fine mountain 

 coffee, quite equal to fine Cucuta, is grown in the same republic, 

 and designated Bogota. It is shipped from the town of Honda. 



Angostura is a large, spongy coffee, not much in favor here. 

 It is raised in Yenezuela and shipped from Cuidad, Bolivar, a 

 town four hundred miles from the mouth of the Orinoco Eiver. 

 The tables below show the imports into Atlantic United States 

 ports, of Maracaibo, Laguayra, and New Grenada coffee. 



