Coffee

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
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New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (10)
  1. Put two ounces of fresh ground coffee of the best quality into a coffeepot, and pour eight coffee cups of boiling water on it;
  2. let it boil six minutes,
  3. pour out a cupful two or three times, and return it again;
  4. then put two or three isinglass chips into it, and pour one large spoonful of boiling water on it;
  5. boil it five minutes more,
  6. and set the pot by the fire to keep hot for ten minutes, and you will have coffee, of a beautiful clearness.
Serving Suggestions
  1. Fine cream should always be served with coffee, and either pounded sugar candy or fine Lisbon sugar.
For Stronger Coffee
  1. If for foreigners, or those who like it extremely strong, make only eight dishes from three ounces.
  2. If not fresh roasted, lay it before a fire until perfectly hot and dry;
  3. or you may put the smallest bit of fresh butter into a preserving pan of a small size, and, when hot throw the coffee in it, and toss it about until it be freshened.
Original Text
To make Coffee. Put two ounces of fresh ground coffee of the best quality into a coffeepot, and pour eight coffee cups of boiling water on it; let it boil six minutes, pour out a cupful two or three times, and return it again; then put two or three isinglass chips into it, and pour one large spoonful of boiling water on it; boil it five minutes more, and set the pot by the fire to keep hot for ten minutes, and you will have coffee, of a beautiful clearness. Fine cream should always be served with coffee, and either pounded sugarcandy or fine Lisbon sugar. If for foreigners, or those who like it extremely strong, make only eight dishes from three ounces. If not fresh roasted, lay it before a fire until perfectly hot and dry; or you may put the smallest bit of fresh butter into a preserving pan of a small size, and, when hot throw the coffee in it, and toss it about until it be freshened.
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