William H. Ukers (author)
considered almost, if not quite, the equal of the Arabian Mocha
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage: 'This is usually shipped to Aden for re-export. Abyssinia's coffee reaches the outside world through three different gateways; and as the neighboring countries, through which the produce passes, also produce coffee, no accurate statistics are available to show the country's annual export. The total probably ranges from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 pounds a year. Coffee was shipped from Abyssinia to the extent of 6,773,800 pounds in 1914, over the Franco-Ethiopian railroad; 10,054,000 pounds in 1915; and 9,064,000 pounds in 1916. Export figures of the port of Massowah include a large amount of Abyssinian coffee, but the proportion is unknown. At this port 108,680 pounds of coffee were exported in 1914; and 1,221,880 pounds in 1915. Abyssinian coffee exported by way of the Sudan amounted to 232,616 pounds in 1914; to 140,461 pounds in 1915; and to 4,164,600 pounds in 1916.' The exact phrase 'considered almost, if not quite, the equal of the Arabian Mocha' appears verbatim in the passage when describing Harari coffee.
- qualifier_fidelity 0.80 pass — The claim is largely faithful to the passage. The quote is accurate and the sentiment is positive as befits the passage's evaluation. However, the viewpoint should not be attributed to 'author' - the passage uses passive construction ('is considered') without naming a specific source, so viewpoint should be null or 'unknown' rather than 'author'. The time qualifiers are correctly null since the passage provides no temporal scope. Context is appropriately empty as the passage does not restrict this to a particular sense or period.