1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

Coffee. 133 watchfulness ; but, if used in moderation, it is pro- ductive of soothing and happy effects on the mind and system—exhilarating, without intoxicating and exciting the brain to activity. Weak tea is very relaxing, and therefore a little, and that good, is far better than the hot-water- bewitched and tea-begrudged infusion sometimes drunk. One teaspoonful for each person and " one for the pot " is a generally approved and adopted plan for one brewing, which, if drunk at the correct moment, gives you all the flavour of the tea and less of the bitter principle. The use of carbonate of soda to draw the tea is objectionable, and should be avoided ; should the water, however, be hard, it will materially assist the infusion. The boiling point of water is 212°. Liquids do not get any hotter after they begin to boil, however long the boiling is continued.

COFFEE. Coffee, which makes the politician wise, And see all things with his half-shut eyes.—POPE.

Coffee. —This well-known beverage is an infusion of the burnt berries of the coffee-tree (Coffea Ara- biea), an evergreen shrub, which is indigenous to