Coffee Monday: White, Fairchild & Co. ~1855

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Happy Monday. How about some obscure vocabulary and inflation calculations to start your day?

 

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But wait, there’s more!

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“The only preparation, unadulterated, which combines the rich oleaginous portion of the coffee berry along with its more solid particles…”

Need another cup of coffee to mull over that one!

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A 1000£ guarantee in 1855 is 88,000£ today.

That’s quite the guarantee!

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Happy Monday.

Source: Soyer’s Shilling Cookery for the People, 1855.

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