Catharine Beecher Quotes

Coffee it is best to buy by the bag, as it improves by keeping. Let it hang in the bag, in a dry place, and it loses its rank smell and taste.

Catharine Beecher

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• Coffee it is best to buy by the bag, as it improves by keeping. Let it hang in the bag, in a dry place, and it loses its rank smell and taste.

  

  Catharine Beecher
  • Coffee
  • Keeping
  • Bag