This section is from the book "A Manual Of Home-Making", by Martha Van Rensselaer. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Home-Making.
Coffee and tea have no nutritive value aside from the cream and sugar that may be served in them as beverages. Cocoa and chocolate contain starch and fat and consequently are real foods; moreover, they are generally made with milk, which gives them added nutritive value.
 
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