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- Subject: a cup, a cup,a cup, a cup, a cup. Ahhhhh!
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- This was given to me by a friend. I'm sorry I don't know the
- source , other that the single line "A handbill in the British
- Museum"
- Br Paul
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- THE NEW DRINK, COFFEE, FIRST OFFERED IN ENGLAND BY PASQUA ROSEE
- 1652
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- The grain or berry called coffee groweth upon little trees only
- in the deserts of Arabia. It is brought from thence and drunk
- generally throughout the Grand Seignour's dominions. It is a simple
- innocent thing, composed in a drink, by being dried in an oven and
- ground to a powder, and boiled up with spring water, and about half
- a pint of it to be drunk, fasting an hour before and not eating an
- hour after, and to be taken as hot as can possibly be endured...
- It much quickens the spirits and makes the heart lightsome; it
- is good against sore eyes, and the better if you hold your head
- over it and take in the steam that way. It suppresseth fumes
- exceedingly, and is therefore good against the headache... It is
- excellent to prevent and cure the dropsy, gout, and scurvy. It is
- known by experience to be better than any other drying drink for
- people in years, or children... It will prevent drowsiness, and
- make one fit for business, if one have occasion to watch, and
- therefore you are not to drink of it after supper, unless you
- intend to be watchful, for it will hinder sleep.
- It is observed that in Turkey, where this is generally drunk,
- that they are not troubled with the stone, gout, dropsy, or scurvy,
- and that their skins are exceedingly clear and white.
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