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( Extracts from the article “Coffee” 
in MacCullocii’s Dictionary : 
Edition of 1847 .) 
Coffee (Ger. Koffee, Koff dolmen; Du. 
Kaffy , Koffibooncn; Da. Kaffe, Kaffebofi¬ 
ner; Sw, Koffe; Fr. It. ana Port. Cafe; 
Sp. Cafe; Rus. Kofe; PoL Kawa ; Lat. 
Coffea , Caffea ; Arab, Bun; Malay, Ka¬ 
wa; Pers. Tockem , Keweh; Turk Chaube), 
the berries of the coffee plant (Coffea 
Arahica Lin.) They are generally ot an 
oval form, smaller than a horse-bean, and 
of a tough, close, and hard texture ; they 
are prominent on the one side and flat¬ 
tened on the other, having a deeply marked 
furrow running lengthwise along the flat¬ 
tened side; they are moderately heavy, 
of a greenish colour, and a somewhat bit¬ 
terish taste. 
Progressive Consumption of Coffee in 
Great Britain. Influence of the Duties .— 
In If60, a duty ot 4d a gallon was laid 
on all coflee made and sold. Previously 
to 1732, the duty on coffee amounted to 
2s a pound ; but an act was then passed 
in compliance with the solicitations of the 
West India planters, reducing the duty to 
Is 6d a pound ; at which it stood for ma¬ 
ny years, producing, at an average about 
£10,000 a year. In consequence, however, 
of the prevalence of smuggling, caused by 
the too great magnitude of the duty, the 
revenue declined, in 1783, to £2,869 10s 
