Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1894-09-22
HOWTO MAKECOFFEE
THERE ARE MANY WAYS, AND CON
NolSSEURS DIFFER IN TASTES.


Delicious Berry That Is Much Abused by
American Cooks Who DO Not Know Its
Possibrities-some Recipes Which Are
Not Widely Used or Known.
Have you ever passed place where
person was making coffee % inhaled
wandering breeze of the delicious, in
spring fragrance? Every cup of coffee
that is drunk should smell and taste
Just like that fragrant odor. which was
the veritahle soul of the berry seeking
to escape from its transmutation into
liquid. Unless you can arrest that slip
perry sylph of opulent fragrance or pre-
vent the entire escape from your coffee.
pot before serving you are no expert,
but . bungler.
The amount of badly made coffee that
is inflicted ON the public is simply enor-
NOUS. One connoisseur says that there
are not 90 places in New York, outside
of private houses, where q first rate cup
of coffee can be counted on. Another
man about town says this is gross ex-
sure of fine cup of coffee in more than
half dozen places In this city. Coffee,
to be fit for civilized drinking, should
be made, he asserts, ON the principle of
little and often. - Size in art is of all
sizes, and bulk in coffee making runs
the risk of a dreadful discount in the
appreciation of the learned.
The best kind of coffeepot is one
that has filter. They can be had of
many sizes and shapes, all the way from
simplicity to an extreme of elegance.
To secure a good infusion quickly the
ground coffee should be placed in the
cylinder ON top of the coffeepot, the
strainer should be pressed down on top
of the coffee, and the boiling water
should be poured over so that the infu-
sion runs slowly. While it filters the
pot ought to stand in vessel containing
very hot water, so that the infusion
may keep a high degree of heat without
allowing it to boil. Boiling is the spoil
ing of coffee
If you are making coffee for good
many, take l 4 pounds of Java, y of
Maraoaibo, pound of Mocha and
gallons of water The Mocha which is
meant for the aroma or bouquet, should
have been but slightly roasted; the Mar
acaibo, which is for color, should be
well roasted, and the Java, which is for
body and effect, should be roasted just
between the two
Cafe Ia Turque is made in pecul-
lar way and only appreciated by pecul-
lar people. The recipe for its compo-
sition is this: Take Java and Mocha in
equal proportions; grind and pass
through very fine sieve Put ordinary
black coffee, as many cups as needed, in
ccfeepot, and for each cup add tea
spoonful Of the sifted coffee and lump
Of sugar. Boil this for two minutes;
then take it off and pour in little cold
water to settle it. After it has stood a
few minutes serve 1t with powdered
sugar.
Iced coffee, in New York style, is
merely cafe noir that has been cooled in
a china freezer by placing ice around it,
slightly sailed. For what is called
mixed coffee a pint of milk, gill Of
cream, gill of strip and a quart of
black coffee subjected to the same cool
ing process and served when Just this
side Of freezing is considered a proper
caper by all who are not real coffee
connoisseurs.
Brandy coffee is prepared by some in
the same way-a gill of brandy and
ounces Of sugar to the quart of coffee
taking the place of the other ingre-
dients. But brandy coffee to most per-
sons means a cup of cafe noir over
which a spoonful of brandy, poured on
lump Of sugar, has been burnt. Just
as the blue fringed golden fame is ex-
piring the spoon should slip into the
coffee, and after one deft stir the con-
tents Of the cup should glide down the
gladdened throat
a sherbet of coffee is quite fashion
able now and quite delicious if properly
made To quart of coffee add quart
of double cream and ~ ounces of sugar,
and if you wish to be very chic add a
few drops of vanilla essence. Then put
this in a freezer with sailed ice sur
rounding, keep the sides free as fast as
the ice begins to cling, and when it has
reached congelation serve in glasses.
Another fashion of coffee drinking,
which was first introduced into this
country by the Mexicans at the New
Orleans exposition 10 years ago, and
which Is held in high esteem by some
bon vivants, is to make coffee in the
French way without boiling and then
mix it with the very richest chocolate,
half and half, or one to two, or two to
one, the second proportion being per-
haps the most frequent This is to be
served with whipped cream topped with
little sugar dust. The Mexicans used
to use the Soconosco chocolate, which is
made with cinnamon addition and is
rich beyond description
In spite of the injunction about gild-
ing refined gold or painting the lily,
restless humanity has attempted to i'm
prove on coffee in worse ways than by
marrying it to chocolate. For instance,
take cafe au Kirsch, which is made by
shaking up black coffee, cracked ice and
Klrsch wasser in proportions to suit the
taste. By devotees of the benign Ara
bian berry this Is considered a profana-
ton and eschewed accordingly, but for
physical and mental depression, if one
is not habitual coffee dfinker, it Is q
pick me up Of rare potency.
Coffee is not food, but a stimulant
and an antidote against some kinds Of
poisoning. Its excessive use produces
trembling Of the hands and disease Of
the eptio nerves. To keep one awake
and to help one endure fatigue or expo
sure to rough weather there is probably
no' equal to coffee, except possibly the
cacao plant Of the Peruvians. Coffee
and tobacco-which we owe to the
Arab and the Inban--are the heavenly
twins in the eyes Of every true bohe-
milan But, like all blessings, they may
become a curse.-New York World.