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Coffee, Nutritious

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there is essence to be prepared, make this

INGREDIENTS for one large cup. - oz. of ground coffee, 1 pint of milk.

Let the coffee be freshly ground; put it into a saucepan with the milk, which should be made nearly boiling before the COFFEE, TO MAKE. coffee is put in, and boil together for 3 minutes; clear it by pouring some of it into a cup, and then back again, and leave it on the hob for a few minutes to sette thoroughly. This coffee may be made still more nutritious by the addition of an egg well beaten, and put into the coffee-cup.

TIME.-5 minutes to boil, 5 minutes to settle.

COFFEE, TO MAKE. water, and when all the water so poured has disappeared from the funnel, and made its way down the centre pipe and up again through the ground coffee by hydrostatic pressure, unscrew the lid and cover the Pour back direct into the urn, not through the funnel, one, two or three cups, according to the size of the percolater, in order to make the infusion of uniform strength; the contents will then be ready urn.

Coffee, Simple Method of for use, and should run from the tap strong, Making. INGREDIENTS.-Allow oz., or 1 tablespoonful, of coffee to each person; to every oz. allow 1/2 pint of water.

Have a small iron ring made to fit the top of the coffee-pot inside, and to this ring sew a small muslin bag (the muslin for the purpose must not be too thin).

Fit the bag into the pot, warm the pot with some boiling water; throw this away, and put the ground coffee into the bag; pour over as much boiling water as is required, close the lid, and, when all the water has filtered through, remove the bag, and send the coffee to table. Making it in this manner prevents the necessity of pouring the coffee from one vessel to another, which cools and spoils it. The water should be poured on the coffee gradually, so that the infusion may be stronger; and the bag must be well made, that none of the grounds may escape through the seams, and so make the coffee thick and muddy.

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