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among them than the other. And indeed it is probable, that 
at iirft they made uie of nothing elfe •, for the Author of the firlf 
Arahick Manuicript, (b often mentioned, tells us, (peaking of 
the firft Introduction of Coffee among the Dervizes at Mecca^ 
that their Liquor was not prepar’d with the Kernel, but with the 
Husks of the Fruit, which were carry ’d them from Yemen ^ and 
that in this they follow’d the Example of the Monks of Ade??^ 
among whom, we have heard, the Ufeof Coffee began. 
It is probable, however, that they did not long confine them- 
felves to the Husks only, but that as the Ufe of this Liquor be- 
came more general, they found themfelves under a Necelfity of 
employing the whole Fruit, or the Kernels alone, in Countries 
which lay remote from Yemen, becaufe it is impoflible to prelerve 
the Husks long \ and accordingly we find, when this Manulcripc 
was written, as well as from our mofl exaCl European Travellers, 
that then the Kernels were generally in ufe j the Husks, however, 
being flill mofl efleem’d, and principally ufed by Perfons of the 
firfl Rank in Arabia \ being what they prefent in Vifits of the 
greatefl Ceremony, and by which they teftify the utmofl RefpeCl 
and Honour both to their Friends and Strangers. Neither is this 
Cuflom among them different at this day, as we learn from 
M. la Roquet Relation, which likewife contains their manner of 
preparing this fort of Coffee. 
‘ Perfons of DiflinClion in Arabia, fays that Author, have a 
^ Way of making Coffee different from that which is commonly 
^ ufed 5 they do not take the Bean or Kernel of the Coffee-Fruit, 
‘ but the Husks only or Shells which cover them, as well the 
‘ outer Skin as the fine Membrane which immediately involves 
‘ the Kernel , and when this is rightly prepar’d, they think no 
‘ Drink comparable to it. Our Travellers, who, while they 
^ were at the Court of Yemen, drank none but this fort at the 
* great Mens Houfes, own that it is certainly a very fine and de- 
^ licious Liquor j of a mofl pleafant Tafle, and without the 
‘ difagreeable Bitternefs of the common fort. This they call in 
*■ their Language by a Name which is equivalent to Cafe a la 
‘ Sultane in French 5 and they put a very high value upon it all 
‘ over that Country. Neither indeed can it be had to any 
* great Perfedlion any where elfe j for as thefe Husks have but 
^ a very finall body, whenever they come to be dry, either by 
* being long kept or tranfported to any diflance, they lofe their 
‘ good Qualities, which depend intirely upon their being new 
^ and frefli. 
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