Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-12
The After Dinner Cup is
Served on Porch or Lawn.
IOED TEA OR COFFEE
REQUIRES QUANTITIES OF CHOP
PED ICE
Fascinating Wine Cups May Be Copied
in Non-Alcoholic
Drinks
Wr!tten for The Star.

Summer service Of beverages, whether hot |
or cold. has developed into an art. To its
charm. manufacturers of tableware have
added many destinations IN china, glass and
metal They offer every possible induce
ment also to outdoor service.
In many homes. both city and country,
the aftec-dinner coffee Is enjoyed either on
the porch or in the side back yard. For
this service the equipment easiest to han
| die includes a small. stout table. with tray
| on which rests the German drip coffee pot,
| In copper or nickel. with It's dome of clear
| glass. In witch the coffee bubbles in rich
| est brown tones. These triple drip pots re-
quire additional hot water facilities, as
| the lower compartment holds alcohol
lamp which boils the water right In the
| pot and drives 1t upward to percolate
through the pulverized coffee and be drawn
| off from faucet after the fashion of an
| old-style coffee urn. Trays come to match
| these pots, and the entire equipment in
large family size can be secured for $40
or less. Larger trays, big enough to hold,
! in addition to the pot, a sugar bowl, cream
pitcher and half dozen cups, come a tri1e
higher.
When iced tea is served the up-to-date
hostess makes it before the eyes of her
guest. The servant brings In the usual
tea equipment. brightly FURNISHED copper
or nickel tea kettle swung over alcohol
lamp, one of the new squat tea pots in
| Japanese ware (and the uglier these are
the better the more suggestive of demons
or monsters or idols the more POPULAR and
| Il tea caddy to match. The mistress brings
the water to boil and by this time the SER
| want or a daughter of the household has
returned with tray~covered with tall, slen-
| der glasses filled with coarSely chopped Ice.
The tea Is brewed quickly and poured over
the chopped ice to chill, dash of pulver-
lied sugar and slice of lemon peel being
added last. Ample supplies of ice must be
at hand for this service.
Make Your Brew.
Where the tea is brewed in the kitchen It
may be poured over chopped ice in pitch
err and when ice cold a sprig of fresh mint
leaves, frosted lightly with powdered sugar,
or a spray Of nasturtium blooms and leaves
| Is thrust into the neck of the pitcher or
laid at It's side on the tray. Tea brewed
In the morning and allowed to stand all
| day in the refrigerator may save trouble
| for the housewife at the last moment. but
| it Is less palatabe than the freshly brewed
| article. Many housewives follow the French
| custom and pass with the iced tea the tin
| lest of waters macaroons, smaller than
a silver quarter. With these go also bowl
of pulverized sugar and very thin slices OF
| lemon.
| Every woman who has dined at a res
taUrant on a warm summer night has ad-
mred the cool, refreshing appearance or
| the various wine cups" served to summer
| diners This can be initiated cleverly In
f1uit punches. Take as your foundation
rich lemonade. Slice the lemons and lay
| them in alternate layers with sugar and
grated pineapple. Allow this mixture to
stand for an hour or more, then add water
in the proportion of a pint to every lemon.
Strain over plenty of Ice, add an orange,
washed and sliced very thin and few
maraschno cherries, top off with frosted
mint leaves and serve in claret glasses.
Grape juice may be added to lemonade
for rich and toothsome drink but with
| this as with all summer beverages, the
tiukle of ice must sound clearly, coolly.
Milady Makes. 1t.
Iced coffee served in slender parfait COB
lets, which are about six inches in depth
and set on a standard is quite popular this
| sumner 1t is best when made from fresh
| coffee as for after dinner service, then
| poured off into bottle and packed IN salt
| and ice until almost frozen. 1t Is then
| brought out upon the porch or into the
| garden In the tall graceful glasses. topped
| off by whipped cream. Thin waters and
pulverized sugar may be passed with 1t.
though If the cream Is sweetened with
liberal hand when whipped. the additional
| sugar may not be needed.
The new pitchers either very tall,
tapering steadily toward the top or they
| are very low and squat, In the first in
stance. the top quite frequently shows
rim of silver, plain or beaten In some APP
propriate design. A beautiful model has a
rim Of silver grapes. with graceful; de-
! with fruit and leaves, run down the entire
| handle.
| Some of the punch bowls which may be
| used for lemonade or any sort of fruit
| punch, also show these rims of silver, with
| a silver tray and low. squat glasses to
| match. The low glass is by all odds the
| safest for serving summer drinks out doors.
| The high-priced cut glass sets are initiated
| eleverly in American ware with good
| quality of plate rim. A pretty punch SER
| vice for summer is remarkably good
| inita ton of Bohemian glass. showing gold
| en- grapes delicate green glass ground.
| This includes good-sized round tray with
| up-turned rim, a three-quart bowl and six
| glasses, all for So. Served with spray of
! pink or white roses sweet peas laid
| across the tray, this would be delightfully."-
| summary and appetiZing.