Citations:Savanilla

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English citations of Savanilla

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• 1865, The Pharmaceutical Journal, page 352:

  It is clear, then, that in this experiment I obtained one ounce more useful extract from the Savanilla than the Peruvian, passing over the inert productions.

a coffee, perhaps specifically a Columbian one

• 1886, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Coffee: Its Cultivation and Profit, page 263:

  Owing to the enormously increasing production of Rio, its place was easily filled by this cheap Coffee, and those consumers who preferred a mild Coffee could obtain Maracaibos, Savanillas and Bogotas, though at higher prices.

mention, useful for confirming the sense of the preceding citation:

• 1911, The Grocer's Encyclopedia, page 175:

  Colombia coffees are also commercially known as “Savanillas.”

a tapestry

mention:

• 1976, Ruth Laughlin, Caballeros, page 262:

  Savanillas were homespun tapestries embroidered in wool and presented as altar hangings for some special anniversary.