1873 - Presbyterian Cook Book

To Make Coffee

DDV CULINARY

First have the coffee roasted an even, rich brown;
do not grind it too fine;
allow one tablespoonful of ground coffee for each cup of coffee;
put it into the coffee boiler;
stir into it the white of one egg, and just enough cold water to mix it;
then pour on boiling water.
For six tablespoonsful of coffee put in three pints of water;
boil twenty minutes;
set it aside, and pour in one teacupful of cold water to settle it;
then transfer it to the urn.

Coffee for forty persons--three pints of ground coffee and two gallons of water.