It is said that the seeds of ochra burnt like coffee, make a beverage almost exactly like it.
Children’s Drinks.
There are drinks easily prepared for children, which they love much better than tea and coffee, for no child at first loves these drinks till trained to it. As their older friends are served with green and black tea, there is a white tea to offer them, which they will always prefer, if properly trained, and it is always healthful.
White Tea.
Put two teaspoonfuls of sugar into half a cup of good milk, and fill it with boiling water.
Boy’s Coffee.
Crumb bread, or dry toast, into a bowl.
Put on a plenty of sugar, or molasses.
Put in one half milk and one half boiling water.
To be eaten with a spoon, or drank if preferred.