Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1885 — How Coffee Is Graded. [ARTICLE]

How Coffee Is Graded.

The reason that Rio coffee is not quoted high in this market is tjiat only the lower grades of Brazilian coffee are called Rio coffee. The best coffee from Rio de Janeiro is called “Java, “Mocha,” etc. You see the planters send their coffee to Rio, and then it is all mixed together, the good and the bad, in order to get an average price. When it gets here it is taken to large coffee houses, where the work done in Rio is undone, the coffee being sorted out into different grades, and various names given it. . The lowest grade is called Rio. As a matter of fact, some of the best coffee we get comes from Brazil.—Salvador de Mendonca, Brazilian Consul. Let the man who would be grateful think of repaying a kindness even while receiving it.—Seneca. From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.-Dants.