If it be underdone, its virtues will not be imparted, and,
in use, it will load and oppress the stomach; if it be overdone, it will
yield a flat, burnt, and bitter taste, its virtues will be destroyed,
and, in use, it will heat the body, and act as an astringent." The
desirable colour of roasted coffee is that of cinnamon. Coffee-berries
readily imbibe exhalations from other bodies, and thereby acquire an
adventitious and disagreeable flavour. Sugar placed near coffee will, in
a short time, so impregnate the berries as to injure their flavour. Dr.
Moseley mentions, that a few bags of pepper, on board a ship from India,
spoiled a whole cargo of coffee.
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THE GATHERER.
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_History of "The Merry Devil of Edmonton" and "The Witch of
Edmonton."--_Lysons, in his _Environs of London_, says, "There
is a fable (says Norden) of one Peter Fabell, that lyeth in Edmonton
church, who is said to have beguiled the devell by policie for money;
but the devell is deceit itselfe, and hardly deceived."--"Belike (says
Weever) he was some ingenious, conceited gentleman, who did use some
sleightie tricks for his own disport.
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