The Chmeistry of Common Life Illustrated With Numerous Wood Engravings
The Chmeistry of Common Life Illustrated With Numerous Wood Engravings
Johnston, Jas. F. W. (James Finlay Weir), 1796-1855
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In the roasted seeds of Iris pseudacoris (yellow water-iris), which are said to approach very near to coffee in quality. b. In the seeds of a Goumelia, called in Turkey Ken- guel, which were shown at the Great Exhibition as ezten« sively cultivated in the Kair-ar-eh and Komah,. where they are roasted, ground, and used as coffee. c. In the roasted acorn, which :s said to be much used on the Continent under the name of acorn coffee. d. In the cicer or chick-pea roasted ; in beans, rye, and other ...grains ; in nuts, almonds, and even in wheaten bread, when roasted carefully. e. In the seeds of Broom {Spartium scoparium)^ and in the dried and roasted berries of the Triosteum pcrfolia- turn (Caprifoliaceae). In the West Indies, the seeds of sev- eral species of Psychotria (Cinchonaceae) ; in Soudan, those of Dura and Nitta (Inga higwhosa) ; among the African ne- groes, those of Farkia (Africana) ; and among the Tonguses, those of a species of Hyoscyamus — are all employed as sub- stitutes for coffee.
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