When cookie is set and then get the value get surronded by double quotes.
E.g.
Cookie appCookie = new Cookie("applpath", "/MyAppRoot");
resp.addCookie(appCookie);

Accessing at client side (JS)
function getColorCookie(sName) {
var aCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");
for (var i=0; i < aCookie.length; i++)

{ var aCrumb = aCookie[i].split("="); if (sName == aCrumb[0]) return unescape(aCrumb[1]); }

return null;
}
Expected Result: applpath = /MyAppRoot
Actual Result: applpath = "/MyAppRoot"

My inference:
Using servlet API when cookie is stored and retrieved, the double quotes may be handled.
When cookie is set using servlet API and read at client side (JS/Applet etc) the quotes introduced are NOT ignored.