18 JUNE 1927, Page 16

A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE: A LETTER FROM CHILE [To

the Editor. of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Of course it is notorious that it is next to impossible to get a good cup of coffee in England just as it is to get a good cup of tea in South American hotels and restaurants. Probably the trouble is a difference of opinion as to what constitutes good coffee and tea. To my mind, for instance, Miss Ellen C. Tait's recipe given in a recent issue can hardly be called excellent coffee. Why chicory ? And then her final sentence, " Any coffee not consumed can be bottled for future use." Ugh ! If nothing else good coffee must be