(from the Georgia Journal and Messenger of Macon, Georgia, October 16, 1861)
Ingredients:
tan bark
3 old cigar stumps
a quart of water
Instructions:
(One of three "Recipes for the Times.")
Take tan bark, three parts; three old cigar stumps and a quart of water, mix well, and boil fifteen minutes in a dirty coffee-pot, and the best judges cannot tell it from the finest Mocha.
(* - Tan bark is the bark of certain species of trees, high in tannins, like an Oak Tree. It is traditionally used for tanning hides into leather.)