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Show WHO GETS MOCHA COFFEE? I Most of II Tsken by Nhelhs swt (lovars j ora or Aralila. "I don't believe there Is a pound of genuine Mocha coffee on this continent." conti-nent." Mr. C. T. lllllluhis, a coffee iner-chant, iner-chant, Infornies me, "or that 2') people peo-ple in this coiiuiry have ever lasted C It. unless they have nt some time vis- . lied Arabia and drunk It at tbe Ihble ol . ' some sheik or governor. 1 "The true Mochn is the finest coffee grown; it has s delicious flavor Hist s iiinkes It ss superior to the very best of other brands, ns silk Is superior to j cotton, but the crop Is extremely lltn- . Iti-d, nud hnidly nuy more than oat- ' 1 Isftes purely local deuinnds. Roma Arabian coffee tuny find Its wsy lo tills country; it may even be eniled Mocha, hut II Is not the real srllcle, I am sure, ' nud none of ns hnvo ever had It here, j though we do get the best of other brumls Hint nre grown In Ceylon and .lava, nnd Hint menus some mighty ' II lie coffee. It is not Mocha, however, ' for the whole of the true Mocha crop each year wouldn't supply the coffee I den, nn, Is nf one ward In Mt. Louis slone r. for a pel lis! of six months. The best and plumpest .lerrles of the Mocha 1 grow lb, those with Hie moat exquisite ' flavor, nre eagerly taken by tbe gov- j eruors nnd shleks In the vicinity, and i they have In get their orders In In advance, ad-vance, so that they tuny be sure of their annual supply. The second grade berries go tn the wealthier rltlsons, not of tho governing class, and the third, or poorest, grade of berries, which art f not much superior to the best Java t coffee, are sold tn the people, and tba r demand Invariably exceeds the supply tenfold. "Mometlmea a few pounds of Hits cheapest grade of Mocha finds lta way to Constantinople, but It la very, very seldom, and I don't believe an ounce nf It line ever got any further west than thnt I presume that If, by some hook or crook, a pound of the real, plump berried Mocha were landed la thia country It would sell for a price Hint even a Ilockcfcller might hesitate to pny. We get the best coffee grown, apart from the Mocha, but the local conditions which prevail where Hist coffee Is raised prevent ua from obtaining ob-taining any, and I hardly think tba real thing will ever be found In our markets." Ht. Louts (jlohe-Democrat. ' |