taofe

“In the fare tamaaraa, the coffee-houses of the Tinitos, the Chinese, the venders of provender and the marketers alike are slipping their taofe tau, their four-sous 'worth of coffee, with a tiny pewter mug of canned milk, sugar, and a half-loaf of French bread with butter.”

Mystic Isles of the South Seas.

“I bethought me of the letter Princess Noanoa Tiare had given me to the chief of Mataiea, and with a bag I departed for that village at daybreak, after taofe tau for four sous at Shin Bung Lung's Fare”

Mystic Isles of the South Seas.