Logan Republican | 1920-02-17 | Page 8 | After-War Coffee

After.War Coffee. People old enough to remember the Civil war nre able to recoil the fact Hint after tho clofo of Hint contilct It wns dlfllcult and often Impossible U; obtain coffee. Vniloii" substitute wero used, snrh iih parched rye, but one that wns commonly utilized In Washington mid many other cities uns sweet potatoes. po-tatoes. The hitter wero first roasted and allowed to burn somewhat on tho outside. Then they wero mnphed lu water nnil boiled, The water was thus transformed Into coffee, by no menna sn unpalatable n might he Imagined. I Sugar In thoio days cost 2." cents a pound, litil the sweet potnto coffee I required no sugar, nml to wns au ceo-1 uomical drink. 1