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An Economic Botany
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BEVERAGES |
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A bombilla, a gourd with its silver (tarnished) straining straw for sipping. Used for drinking maté (Ilex paraguayensis) in South America. |
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Cocoa butter. Theobroma cacao, General Cocoa Co., N.Y. 1972. |
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Teaching kit from Nestlé company. |
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Roasted coffee, Coffea arabica. Hills Bros., San Francisco, Calif. |
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Hyssop Tea, Hyssopus officinalis, Mother Earth Herbs, Cleveland, Ohio, 1971. |
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Yerba Maté tea. |
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Mexican Sarsaparilla, Smilax aristolochiaefolia, Liliaceae. Roots used for a kind of root beer. |
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A hygrometer for determining the proof of alcoholic beverages. |
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Yerba Santa tea, Eriodictyon glutinosa, expectorant tea. |
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Kola Nuts, Meer Corp., N.J., or Cola Nuts. Cola acuminata, Sterculiaceae. Contain caffeine. |
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Kava-kava, Piper methysicum, hypnotic root. |
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Buchu leaves, Barosma sp., Rutaceae. Alvita Teas, 1971. |
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