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DRINKS.
were
very
few
compared
to
the
coffee
houses.
It
was
taxed
as
a
drink
by
the
same
Acts
as
tea,
and
paid
the
same
duty.
In the
eighteenth
century
it
became
a
fashionable
morning
drink,
especially
for
ladies,
and
is
perpetually
alluded
to
by
the
essayists
;
but
it
was
so
expensive
as
to
be
only
a
drink
for
the
upper
classes.
CHOCOLATE
DRINKING.
Cocoa
as
a
drink
is
far
more
nutritious
than
either
tea
or
coffee,
and
like
those
two
substances
it
has
a
volatile
oil
which
gives
the
delicious
aroma,
and
an
active
principle
resembling
Theine
or
Caffeine
—
but
not
identical
with
them—
called
Theobromine.
It
has
no
tannic
acid,
but
it
has
what
the
other
two
do
not