1892 Drinks of the world

COFFEE.

— Where most Drank

— Legends as to its

Its Growth and Birthplace

— Its Gradual Spread

— Introduction into Europe and — The English Coflfee

Origin

England— Pasqua Rosee's Handbill Houses — A Poem about Coffee Houses. NEXT to tea, Coffee is, perhaps, the infusion most drank, its use being universal in Turkey, Egypt, Persia, and most Mahometan countries ; and on the continent of Europe, with the exception of Russia^ In Norway and Sweden it is especially drank, whilst tea is compara- tively disused. It is the seed of an evergreen shrub (Caff^ea Arabica) which grows from six to twelve feet high, with a stem of from six to fifteen inches in circumference. When the blossom falls off, there remains, in its room, or rather, springs from each blossom, a small fruit, green — Their Rules it is a greater favourite than tea.

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