Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry

Coffee and chicory

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Chapters

7. Part 7

OTHER SOURCES.--The cultivation of coffee is making rapid progress in the Sandwich Islands. There are now considerably more than half a million trees in bearing on the island, p...

5. Part 5

Coffee when gathered from the tree fully ripe is like a rich scarlet cherry, out of which on being squeezed two coffee-berries break forth, each covered with a light skin resemb...

6. Part 6

The construction of Mr. Clerihew’s heating apparatus is simple, and a moderate supply of fuel has a considerable effect in raising the temperature of cold damp air before it is...

3. Part 3

Attention was some time ago drawn to the subject of coffee-leaf tea, which is used in Sumatra and other parts of the East, and a good deal of discussion ensued upon the matter,...

4. Part 4

In Venezuela, the plan followed in drying the coffee is this. The berries are spread out upon hurdles in the sun, where they undergo the vinous fermentation from fourteen to twe...

1. Part 1

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2. Part 2

+-------------+---------+---------------+------------ | No. of lbs. | Duty on | Population | Average | consumed. | B. P. | of |consumption. | | coffee. |Great Britain. | -----+-...

8. Part 8

The advantage which is looked for in ploughing, is to ensure getting the roots up from a greater depth than can be done by digging, as a great number break off about 8 or 9 inch...