The coffee tree is native to Abyssinia, but is now grown in all tropical countries. The coffee bean is the seed of the tree and is found in the cherry like fruit. When the fruit begins to shrivel on the trees, it is shaken to the ground, is then dried, and the seeds separated by wooden rollers. The green coffee berry has but little flavor, but when roasted a characteristic flavor and odor are developed.

Cost Of Coffee

Weigh out 1/4 1 tb. coffee. Measure the number of tablespoonfuls in it. Estimate the number of cups of coffee that may be prepared from 1 lb. Estimate cost per cup of different priced coffees.

Care Of Coffeepot

Never put the coffee or tea pot in the water in which other dishes have been washed. Have a small mop kept especially for the coffeepot. After using, empty the pot, and with clear hot water thoroughly wash the pot and spout, with the aid of the mop. Twice a week fill the pot with cold water, add 1 tb. washing soda, and boil about ten minutes. Rinse well. Never let the brown sediment accumulate in a coffeepot, or the flavor of the finest coffee will be ruined.

Boiled Coffee

1/2 c. coffee

1/2 c. cold water

1/2 egg

3 1/2 c. boiling water

Scald a granite ware coffeepot. Wash egg, break, and beat slightly. Add the egg and shell and half the cold water to the coffee. Put into the coffeepot, pour on the boiling water. Place on front of range and boil slowly three to five minutes. Pour some of the coffee into a cup to free the spout from grounds, return to the coffeepot, and repeat. Add remaining cold water, which being heavier than hot water sinks to the bottom carrying the grounds with it, and completes the process of clearing. Place on the back of the range, where it will not boil, for ten minutes. Three eggshells may be used in place of 1 egg. For after-dinner coffee use twice the amount of coffee given in this recipe.

Filtered Coffee

Use a French coffeepot. Scald it with hot water. Put 2 rounding tb. powdered coffee in the bag and pour over it 1 pt. freshly boiling water. Keep the pot hot until the water has filtered through; pour it off and turn back through the filter again. Less tannin is extracted by this method than by boiling.