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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 593, 23 August 1909, Page 9

— — : ■ c< el Disclosures hare been made on tho Continent of methods in common Use for tho "manufac- m hire of coff«." It stems tbat of factories for 01 that purpose existing in France there are liW ol which, turn out 24,000 tons annually, while fc there are 50S such establishments in Austria- {„ Hungary, including '112 for tho manufacture of c l coffoo from figs, and in Gerjuany nearly 15,000 : Imnds. aro employed in the trade, and the hi annual output is 100,000 toils. It follows that ™ a large quantity of "coffee" whioJr we. drink °J has not an atom of the real berry in ;it. Tho ° list of substances out of wbich it is manufactured is alarming. Cereals soak«d with beer, brandy, or rinu, chestnuts, and horse-chestnuts, haricot beaus, aud broad beans, oarrots, dates, and, finally, the hard roe of cod. Tho annual output of what is charmingly called "faneifiil ooffw" for Ewopo Iβ 08tlm»ted at over a 7,000 _ toon. , ' '- '■-■.' *-V