THE PIONEER'S "COFFEE"
'■Coffee was made by the curly settlers of Otago," relates a pioneer, "but this coffee never saw the coffee tree, but was made, out of peas or wheat. The peas were roasted over the fire until a dark brown colour and were then put through a small hand-driven coffee mill. I remember that on one occasion we had a call from two men from Dunedin who were on a Maori curio hunting expedition, and, as usual, after chat, refreshments were put on the table. On being asked whether*they would have tea or coffee, coffee was preferred, and on being supplied with a second cup they were asked how they liked the coffee. 'Very fine indeed,' was the reply. On being told that it was made out of roasted peas, one of the men, who at that time was a prominent Dunedin lawyer, but ia now a rdtired Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, said that he thought the first monthfuls had a flavour of peas, but he declared that he would not have suspected that the drink was made from anything but the finest coffeo."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 2, 2 July 1929, Page 4
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190THE PIONEER'S "COFFEE" Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 2, 2 July 1929, Page 4
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