Mii & Co., 41, Mincing Lane, of the Belg ot Trinidad. coffee | 
nt by you to us. "A few words as to the system of coffee preparation — 
genos) adopted in Ceylon upon the estates may perhaps be of 
interes 
The coffee cherries are allowed to get fully ripe upon the trees, and 
care is taken in picking to avoid green and partially ripe cherries 
cherries are passed through machinery generally as soon as they — 
are More i into the measuring loft from the field, though some planters 
prefer keeping them for a night i in the loft before pulping, and | believe 
thereby a better colour is obtained for the bean when it reaches market, 
though the parchment skin may not look so clean. In the operation 
ali 
moved ; it is then put on mats or an asphalte or Stee dept 
and left in the sun to de and after two or three day 
iunt. 
T 
| dn Binim irteeren F RO “Haldane, lachen 7 1886. ; 
We à; 
(Bip iE. HALDANE & Co. 
D. Morris, Esq. 
DEAR Sins, 41, Mincing Lane, E.C., Mo 27, 1888, 
ve examine "t the samples of Trinidad coffee 
as under experimental cultivation at Trinidad, aud report as folloy 
Qd ee of good liquor and flavour, the 
of the be Hy ap mondes ds to long-ber rry 
