Café

The cafisse was a volume and grain measure in North Africa . Other names were Caffis , Catisse and Casisse . The cafisse corresponded to about 5 to 6 bushels and in Algiers it was one of the dimensions tolerated after March 1, 1843. The date was the day of the introduction of French weights and measures.

Algiers 1 café = 3.27465 hectoliters
Algiers 1 cafisse = 16,112 Parisian cubic inches
Tripoli 1 cafisse = 16,472 Paris cubic inches
Tunis 1 cafisse = 18,051 Paris cubic inches

Individual evidence

^ Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for business people in general. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838, p. 206
^ ^A ^b Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent countries. Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 54

[1] Society of learned and practical merchants: General encyclopedia for merchants and manufacturers as well as for business people in general. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1838, p. 206

[Rumler-2] A ^b Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent countries. Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 54