Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1879 — Pure Coffee. [ARTICLE]

Pure Coffee.

This is an age of adulteration, and the practice is carried so far that articles used for adulteration are themselves adulterated. Coffee suffers as much as any other single article from tliis contemptible deception. Almost every kind of seed large enough to roast is used for this purpose, and various roots, from parsnips to dandelions, are called into the service. Ground coffee will float on cold water, and not soon color the liquid; the adulterations will sink, and discolor the water at once. It is best to buy the coffeo in the “beriy,'’ and grind it at home, or see that it is properly done. Even then one may be defrauded, as there are machines for making artificial green oQffee.