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Our Little Arabian Cousin

Blanche McManus

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. . .ing coffee, which had been freshly roasted, into a powder, with a mortar and pestle. This is always the occupation of the oldest son when guests are about, the father taking it upon himself to make the coffee afterwards. The Arabs are great coffee-drinkers, and it is from Arabia that the finest mocha comes. It gets its name from a town in the southern part of Arabia.

Al-Abukar made the coffee in a great brass[8] urn, mixing the ground coffee with sweet-smelling herbs. As soon as it was ready for drinking, he himself took the first cup, after which tiny brass cups were filled and passed around to the guests. He did not fill the cups quite full; for that, for some reason, would be a great insult to his guests. Moreover, the cups were so tiny that they held hardly more than the cups of a doll's tea-service would hold. Each emptied his cup twice of the delicious coffee without milk or sugar; but not for anything would Al-Abukar have offered them a third, for t. . . Read More

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- Marti - Jan 07, 2018

From 1907 and for children. Written in a time far different than our own, as they state: "The most delightful and interesting accounts possible of child-life in other lands, filled with quaint sayings, doings, and adventures." I am sure they'd be banned if written today. McManus wrote several in the

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