De John’s Tea

De John’s Tea

Ingredients:
4 teaspoons tea
2 cups boiling water

Directions:
Follow recipe for making tea. Strain into glasses one−third full of cracked ice. Sweeten to
taste,
and allow one slice lemon to each glass tea. The flavor is much finer by chilling the infusion
quickly.
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Wellesley Tea
Make same as Iced Tea, having three crushed mint leaves in each glass into which the hot
infusion is strained.
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COFFEE
The coffee−tree is native to Abyssinia, but is now grown in all tropical countries. It belongs to
the
genus Coffea, of which there are about twenty−two species. The seeds of berries of
coffee−trees
constitute the coffee of commerce. Each berry contains two seeds, with exception of
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maleberry,
which is a single round seed. In their natural state they are almost tasteless; therefore color,
shape, and size determine value. Formerly, coffee was cured by exposure to the sun; but on
account of warm climate and sudden rainfalls, coffee was often injured. By the new method
coffee is washed, and then dried by steam heat.
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In coffee plantations, trees are planted in parallel rows, from six to eight feet apart, and are
pruned so as never to exceed six feet in height. Banana−trees are often grown in coffee
plantations, advantage being taken of their outspreading leaves, which protect coffee−trees
from
direct rays of the sun. Brazil produces about two−thirds the coffee used. Central America,
Java,
and Arabia are also coffee centres.
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Tea comes to us ready for use; coffee needs roasting. In process of roasting the seeds
increase
in size, but lose fifteen per cent in weight. Roasting is necessary to develop the delightful
aroma
and flavor. Java coffee is considered finest. Mocha commands a higher price, owing to certain
acidity and sparkle, which alone is not desirable; but when combined with Java, in proportion
of
two parts Java to one part Mocha, the coffee best suited to average taste is made. Some people