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COFFEE. 



In flavor Tabasco is the mildest, Sierra next, then Cordova, 

 which closely approaches Eio in strength, but is destitute of its 

 harsh, pungent taste. Oaxaca coffee, if free from sour beans, 

 drinks like the product of Costa Eica. White Cordova, or Mexi- 

 can Java, approaches, when one year old, good Cucuta Maracaibo 

 in flavor. Age greatly modifies the rank flavor peculiar to Mexi- 

 can coffee. In 1879, 163,508 poimds were imported into San 

 Francisco, and ih 1880, 44,369 pounds. France takes a large 

 part of the Mexican crop. The coffee is usually shipped in 

 large grass bales, weighing from 220 to 260 pounds. Occasionally 

 lots are received, especially the "White Cordova, packed in bags 

 made of native hemp, weighing 130 to 140 pounds, the package 

 being tied with a heavy rope. Now and then half -bales are re- 

 ceived, called pockets or mats, and weighing 80 to 100 pounds. 

 Actual tare is allowed the purchaser. 



PEODtrCTION AT OTHEE POINTS. 



Along the west coast of South America, in the states of Peru, 

 Ecuador, and Bolivia, plantations are found, but only from the 

 latter state is any coffee exported. The largest quantity exported 

 from Bolivia in any one year was 543 tons, and the smallest since 

 1867, 76 tons, the average for seven years — 1870-77 — being 307 

 tons annually. 



The islands of the Pacific do not contribute any appreciable 

 quantity to the world's supply. The Hawaiian Islands export an 

 irregular quantity, as will be noted by reference to the following 

 table of exports from Honolulu : 



In 1878 the imports of Hawaiian coffee into the United States 

 were 118,100 pounds ; in 1879, 40,417 pounds ; in 1880, 77,942 

 pounds. From the above figures it appears that Hawaiian coffee 



