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Show GOOD COFFEE. - In proportion to the quantity consumed, so little coffee is imported into this country from Guatemala, Costa Rice, Java, Rio [de] Janeiro and Mocha that it is safe to say not one-third of our coffee drinkers ever saw a cup of genuine coffee. Old Government Java and Mocha mixed in the proportion of one-third of the Arabian berry to two parts of Java is the "ton" among connoisseurs. This should be roasted and ground at home, and not a single berry be allowed to burn; then the coffee should be produced by straining, or better filtering. Death is a mild form of punishment for a cook who boils a refreshment which is at once bread, meat, whisky and honey. Milk, if used, should be rich cream, and the sugar assimilates more readily if cut into pure, snowy, exact squares. It is a work of supererogation to tell our readers that such coffee develops its highest flavor only in thick, heavy cups of Dresden china, with the monogram of the family in blac [black] and gold. |