Cantor lectures on sugar, coffee, tea, and cocoa : their origin, preparation, and uses / by Richard Bannister.

  • Bannister, Richard
Date:
1890
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    ^ and medicinal chocolates. The number of the different preparations is legion, as will be evi¬ dent from the fact that on three trade-lists I have studied, one manufacturer enumerates 221 assortments, the second 244, and thethird 253. The increase in cocoa consumption has during the last few years been considerable, and without taking too sanguine a view, we may expect this increase to steadily progress, on account of the attractive and pleasant forms in which cocoa can be obtained, either as a drink or as a food. In bringing this series of lectures to a close, it will be of public interest to note how the three non-intoxicating beverages— tea, cocoa, coffee and coffee substitute—fare with the intoxicating drinks, spirits, wine, and beer, as regards their general consumption. During the thirty-three years ending De¬ cember, 1888, the quantity of spirits and wine consumed per head of the population increased from 1 26 to i‘2g gallon at proof, and beer from 22-6 to 26 8 gallons per head. Even this comparison shows that the public taste had, during the period referred to, gone in the direction of the weaker and more harmless intoxicant, beer, and this change is encourag¬ ing to those who desire to see the people of this country become a more sober nation. When we turn to the consumption of non¬ intoxicants, the picture becomes much brighter, for the quantity consumed increased from 3-64lbs. to 6 58 lbs. per head. This increase has been greatly aided by the facilities now given to obtain tea and coffee at coffee taverns and other good refreshment bars The accom¬ modation thus given is greatly appreciated by the public, and even the tavern-keeper is following in the same direction by offering his customers the choice of non-intoxicants as well as of intoxicants. On all sides there is a strong desire to bring down our intoxicating drink bill, and we who live in the metropolis and are compelled to see what is going on amongst the masses, must cordially welcome any change in public opinion and taste which tends to promote sobriety and rational enjoyment, and inclines the bread- TABLE XLII.—Cocoa (lbs.). Imports. Consumption. Year. British Possessions. Ecuador. Brazil. Other Countries. Total. Total. Per Plead. 1 1873.. 8,538,327 4,353,908 1,065,585 5,703,427 19,661,247 8,311,023 . •26 OO 4^ 6,822,678 6.044,012 563.377 4,423,885 17,853-952 8,863,579 •27 1875.. 6,414,065 4,765,790 994,967 3,696,429 15,87 r, 251 9,973,926 •30 1876.. IO,425-547 4-578,522 L9[7,064 3461,175 20,382,308 10,428,675 *31 1877.. 8,17 r,088 3,707,976 1,460,925 3,636,453 16,976,442 10,060,637 •30 1878 . 10,711,141 1,655,867 2,518,703 3,127,128 18,012,839 9,980,162 •29 1879.. 14>r39>45[ 6,281,886 669,209 5,254,215 26,344,761 10,nr,526 •29 1880.. ii,454,8 13 6,000,414 554,524 5,53L406 23,54M57 10,566,159 •30 1881.. 12,305,363 4,l8 6158 I,I5 L804 4'730,253 22,368,528 10,897,795 '3[ 1882.. 12,189,128 3,342,037 859,406 2,599,870 18,990,441 11,996,853 •3 + HH OO OO Oj 13,824,208 3,23L96l 1,876,248 3,700,277 22,632,694 12,868,170 -36 hH OO OO 4^ 15,150,324 3,006,619 L553,277 2,959,048 22,669,268 r3,963,891 •38 rn OO OO 14,608,359 2,548,308 1,625,187 4,637,542 23-419,396 14 595-160 •40 1886.. 13-590,164 6,032,874 447,634 5,315-767 25-386,439 I5,i65-7D •41 OO CO ^4 13,548,376 4,565,881 1,711,898 7,633,345 27,459-5oo 15,873,698 •42 1888.. 19,167,230 3,046,653 879,598 6,473,066 29,566,547 18,227,017 •48 1889.. 26,735,274 ]. 18,464,164 •48 winner of the family to seek for home pleasures instead of the temptations and allurements of the tavern, or bogus club, and the baneful associations connected therewith. The lines Tn the chart (p. 76) represent¬ ing the population and the consumption of the different articles enumerated on it require careful and attentive study, and will amply repay the student who takes the trouble to learn the lessons the chart teaches. The line of population is one of steady and fairly regular increase, not marked by any exceptional developments during the thirty- three years to which it relates,