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3. Sonsonate — grown In a moderately warm climate; quality 

 superior. 



Minor Central American types are Nicaragua, Honduras, and 

 Panama. 



Mexico : — Tepic, Caracolillo. 



Tepic (Mexican Mocha) — Beans small, hard; color steel-blue; 

 h'quor creamy, aromatic. 



Caracolillo (Mexican Pea-berry) — Beans round. The pea-berry 

 form of coffee. 



Minor Mexican coffees are: 



Oaxaca (pronounced Wah-har-kar) — Beans large, well developed; 

 color blue, whitish when aged. 



Cordoba or Mexican Jack — Beans large ; color yellow. 



Coatepec coffee — Beans large, well developed ; more acid than the 

 preceding types. 



Colima — Beans medium, flat, fairly well developed. 



A very minor coffee is grown in Tuxpan and is used only locally. 



Coffee raising is one of the most profitable industries in Mexico; 

 and, because of its proximity, the United States consumes the greater 

 part of Mexican coffee exports. Nearly all of the American com- 

 panies located in Mexico ship their coffee to St. Louis, Missouri, 

 where it is roasted, ground, and stored for sale. In 1900, Mexico 

 produced 88,000,000 pounds; and, in 1910, the United States alone 

 imported over 35,000,000 pounds from Mexico. 



Java and other Dutch East Indian Islands. 



Java coffee has developed as a term for all East Indian coffees. 

 Sometimes East Indian coffees, other than those grown on Java 

 itself, are known by the trade name of Padang, Mandheling, Corin- 

 chie, Timor, Kroe, etc., according to the district in which they grew. 

 Washed East Indian coffees are referred to as Blue Bean Java. 

 Coffea liberica Bull shrubs, grown In the East Indies, produce the 

 so-called Liberlan-Java. The best Java Is a very excellent coffee. 

 Most of the Java coffee consumed in the United States Is Imported 

 from Sumatra, while most of the Celebean products go to Europe, 

 Fresh Indian coffees are all light sea-green or blue-green. They 

 change color during transportation and with age; and are graded 



