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Coffee and chicory

P. L. Simmonds

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Chicory in the coffee: fraud or thrift? Simmonds examines both plants from botany to cup, covering history and introduction, production and supply, commercial varieties, and chemical analysis. A Victorian commodity expert sorting truth from grounds in the great age of adulteration. Know exactly what is in the pot before you pour.

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25 chapters

  1. 1COFFEE AND CHICORY:
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4COFFEE AND CHICORY.
  5. 5COFFEE.
  6. 6SECTION I. BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION.
  7. 7SECTION II. HISTORY OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION.
  8. 8SECTION III. PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY.
  9. 9SECTION IV. COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF COFFEE.
  10. 10SECTION V. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
  11. 11SECTION VI. COFFEE-LEAF TEA, c.
  12. 12SECTION VII. ADULTERANTS.
  13. 13SECTION VIII. CULTURE IN THE WEST INDIES AND AMERICA.
  14. 14SECTION IX. CULTURE IN ARABIA.
  15. 15SECTION X. CULTIVATION IN CEYLON.
  16. 16SECTION XI. BUILDINGS, PLANTING, c., IN CEYLON.
  17. 17SECTION XII. HARVESTING THE CROP AND PREPARATION FOR MARKET.
  18. 18SECTION XIII. PREPARATION FOR MARKET—(Continued).

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