. Food; its composition and preparation; a textbook for classes in household science. BEVERAGES 131 spent leaves, or tea that has been infused, to give it theappearance of fresh leaves. Probably the usual way ofadulterating tea is by the addition of foreign leaves orleaves resembling the tea leaf in size and shape. Theexpert can detect these upon close examination, for the. Courtesy oj Bleeckers & Simon, Fig. 34.—Coffee plant. veining and midrib of the tea leaf are peculiar to this partic-ular plant, see Fig. 33. 232. Coffee.—Coffee is the fruit of a shrub or treewhich under cultivation grows
. Food; its composition and preparation; a textbook for classes in household science. BEVERAGES 131 spent leaves, or tea that has been infused, to give it theappearance of fresh leaves. Probably the usual way ofadulterating tea is by the addition of foreign leaves orleaves resembling the tea leaf in size and shape. Theexpert can detect these upon close examination, for the. Courtesy oj Bleeckers & Simon, Fig. 34.—Coffee plant. veining and midrib of the tea leaf are peculiar to this partic-ular plant, see Fig. 33. 232. Coffee.—Coffee is the fruit of a shrub or treewhich under cultivation grows from 7 to 16 feet in fruit, Fig. 34, resembles a cherry, the beans correspond-ing to the pit. Two beans grow, fiat sides together, in thepulp, enclosed in a tough hull. The fruit is dried and thehusk removed from the berries. 132 FOOD The coffee growing countries rank, according to theamount produced, as follows: (1) Brazil, which furnishes more than half of the worldssupply. (2) Mexico and Central America. (3) Africa and Arabia. (4) Asia. Caffein and tannin, mentioned under tea, are equallyimportant constituents of coffee. In addition to these andof equal importance, may be considered the volatile oilcaffeol, which imparts to coffee its characteristic flavor andaroma. 233. Mocha and Java Coffee.—The terms Mocha andJava no longer indicate the so
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