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Coffee as a Beverage

"The value of coffee as a beverage, is greatly dependent on the care and skill manifested in its preparation." This is essentially true both in regard to economy and health. To obtain the finest flavor from the berry, the coffee should be used as soon as possible after roasting, owing to the volatile nature of the oil, which is rapidly dispelled, and the delicious aroma lost with long keeping. It is no trick of the imagination that causes us to compare unfavorably the average cup of coffee of today with the delicious beverage our mothers and grandmothers used to make, who roasted their own berries.

Aside from the aroma that makes the coffee so inviting, it contains many other properties to recommend it as a valuable adjunct to our diet list, and it is only the intemperate use that makes it harmful.