Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . ily under the overseers eye. Ever)-day, each slave gathers, on the average, berries enough to produce fiftypounds ofdried pickingsare collectedin carts, andbrought to them i 11-h o u s e,where theseeds must beprepared forthe market. The coffee-berry is a little larger than a cranberry, andsomewhat like one in appearance. Each of the two seeds isenveloped in a delicate membrane, the pcrgaviinJio; this,being strongly adherent, can only be removed by muchrubbing, even when the seed is dry. Outside of the per-gaminho there is a thicker and less adh
Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . ily under the overseers eye. Ever)-day, each slave gathers, on the average, berries enough to produce fiftypounds ofdried pickingsare collectedin carts, andbrought to them i 11-h o u s e,where theseeds must beprepared forthe market. The coffee-berry is a little larger than a cranberry, andsomewhat like one in appearance. Each of the two seeds isenveloped in a delicate membrane, the pcrgaviinJio; this,being strongly adherent, can only be removed by muchrubbing, even when the seed is dry. Outside of the per-gaminho there is a thicker and less adherent covering, thecasqiiinho. The two seeds, with their respective inner andouter coverings, are together enveloped in a tough shell, thecasco, which, in turn, is surrounded by a thin, white pulp,and outer skin, forming the berry. Nearly all the processesof preparation seek, first, the removal of the outer pulp, bymaceration in water ; second, the drying of the seeds, withtheir coverings ; third, the removal of the several THE STORY OF COFFEE. 519 after they are dry. To these three processes is sometimesadded a fourth, by which the seeds are sorted according totheir forms and sizes. On the hih-side, above the mills, there is a cement-Hnedtrough, through which a strong stream of water is water has been carefuHy cleansed by a series of strainers,and the trough is covered to keep out all rubbish. Througha funnel-shaped opening, the coffee-berries are thrown intothe stream, which carries them down with it, to a largevat; from the bottom of this vat, a pipe draws off the hea-vier berries to the pulping-machine (despolpadoi), while thelighter, and almost valueless ones, are floated off with thesurface-water to another pipe. The pulping-machine is simply a revolving iron cylinder,set with teeth, and covered on one side by a curved sheet ofmetal, against which it impinges as it turns. The berries,carried to the cylinder with the stream of water, are crushedbet
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