ABSTRACT
Ffrom the existence of a coffee-room in almost every hotel or inn of any size in England, a person unfamiliar with our habits would be inclined to think that the use of coffee is much more extended than it really is. Coffee is only a drink of secondary importance in this country ; and three causes have combined to prevent its attaining rank among our usual beverages : the incompetence, want of attention and laziness of our servants in preparing the drink ; a belief that coffee is heating and more suited to a dry than a moist climate ; and the heavy taxation to which it was subjected in former years ; to which must be added, in late years, the cheapness and excellence of tea and white sugar.
