The politically incorrect nature of coffee
Dating back to around 1885, Camp Coffee is a thick black syrupy substance which was originally made in the good city of Glasgow by Paterson and Sons Ltd.
A "secret blend of sugar, water, coffee and chicory essence", it came enclosed in a tall glass bottle with a label depicting a Gordon Highlander officer sitting kilted and sporraned atop a comfy cushion drinking a cup of Camp, while a neatly turbanned Sikh servant stood obediently next to him, holding a silver tray with a bottle of Camp and a jug.
No one really knows who the servant was, although no doubt he did exist. As for Major General Sir Hector McDonald, he was wounded in the second Boer War and later given command of the regiment's troops in Ceylon where charges of homosexuality were brought against him.
He shot himself in a Paris hotel in 1903.
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