ANALYSIS OF COFFEE AND TEA. 



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ANALYSIS OF THE ASH OF THE COFFEE BEAN, AND OF THE LEAVES OF 



GREEN TEA. 



Coffee. Tea. 



Silica 15-625 16-380 



Earthy phosphates -_,."_. . . 33-700 42-912 



Carbonate of lime ..... 3-300 1-2S0 



Magnesia - - - - - - - 0-750 0-582 



Potash - - - - - - - - 35-800 22-850 



Soda - - - - - - - - 4-445 8-112 



Sulphuric acid - - - - - - 5-650 5-275 



Chlorine - - - - - - - none. trace. 



Organic matter 0;350 1-768 



99-580 98-159 



PROPORTIONS. 



Coffee. Tea. 



Dry - - - - - - - . - • - 800-00 250-000 



Ash - - - - - -."■■- - 25-88 12-125 



Coffee and tea appear to be exhausting crops, both the bean and leaf being exported, and 

 hence entirely lost to the soil upon which they grew. 



