The price of coffee and sugar in the 19th c.
Prices of imported coffee (from Brazil) and sugar (from Austria) in 1884.
Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Καφές και ζάχαρη. Kafés and záhari.
Greek name - description
Καφές και ζάχαρη.
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
1884
Supplementary Information
Rio coffee gr. 131/4-131/2 or oka, Austrian sugar 53/4-6...with English pound gr.182."
Coffee price: 13,25-13,50 piastres per oka.
Sugar price: 5,75-6,0 piastres per oka.
1 CY lira (pound) = 20 selínia (shillings)
1 selíni (shilling) = 9 grósia (piastres).
Bibliography
Η Φωνή της Κύπρου (1884) τεύχος της 27ης Ιουλίου 1884.
Κυπριακός καφές και κουλούρι, 3/4/2014.φωτ: Ελίνα Χριστοφόρου Νεοφύτου
Traditional Recipes
Katsoures with fruit salad
Slices of bread fried in olive oil, sprinkled with sugar and in this variation they are accompanied by a fruit salad. Katsoures with sugar were a common delicacy during the period of the English rule…
