All about coffeeUkers, William H. (William Harrison)
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All about coffee
Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Coffee; Coffee Industry; Drinking customs
_Abeokutae_, having small leaves of a bright green, flower buds
often pink just before opening (in Liberian coffee never), fruit
smaller with sharply striped red and yellow shiny skin, and
producing somewhat smaller beans than Liberian coffee, but beans
whose flavor and taste are praised by brokers;
_Dewevrei_, having curled edged leaves, stiff branches,
thick-skinned berries, sometimes pink flowers, beans generally
smaller than in _C. liberica_, but of little interest to the trade;
_Arnoldiana_, a species near to _Coffea Abeokutae_ having darker
foliage and the even colored small berries;
_Laurentii Gillet_, a species not to be confused with the _C.
Laurentii_ belonging to the _robusta_ coffee, but standing near to
_C. liberica_, characterized by oblong rather than thin-skinned
berries;
_Excelsa_, a vigorous, disease-resisting species discovered in 1905
by Aug. Chevalier in West Africa, in the region of the Chari River,
not far from Lake Tchad. The broad, dark-green leaves have an under
side of light green with a bluish tinge; the flowers are large and
white, borne in axillary clusters of one to five; the berries are
short and broad, in color crimson, the bean smaller than _robusta_,
very like _Mocha_, but in color a bright yellow like _liberica_.
The caffein content of the coffee is high, and the aroma is very
pronounced;
_Dybowskii_, another disease-resisting variety similar to
_excelsa_, but having different leaf and fruit characteristics;
_Lamboray_, having bent gutter-like leaves, and soft-skinned,
oblong fruit;
_Wanni Rukula_, having large leaves, a vigorous growth, and small
berries;
_Coffea aruwimensis_, being a mixture of different types.
[Illustration: COFFEA ARABICA BERRIES GROWN IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]
The last three types were received by Dr. Cramer at Bangelan from Frere
Gillet in the Belgian Congo, and were still under trial in Java in 1919.
_Coffea Robusta_
Emil Laurent, in 1898, discovered a species of coffee growing wild in
Congo. This was taken up by a horticultural firm of Brussels, and
cultivated for the market. This firm gave to the coffee the name _Coffea
robusta_, although it had already been given the name of the discoverer,
being known as _Coffea Laurentii_. The plant differs widely from both
_arabica_ and _liberica_, being considerably larger than either. The
tree is umbrella-shaped, due to the fact that its branches are very long
and bend toward the ground.
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