ON MAKING COFFEE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 224, 21 September 1935, Page 3 (Supplement)

ON MAKING COFFEE.

Some people can make coffee and some can't, but there seems no reason wliy those who can't should not learn how to do it properly. First, buy good coffee, for you cannot hope to have good results if vou buy clieap, inferior, or stale coffee. It'is best to buy the beans and grind them at home, "if you have a coffe.6 machine; if not, they can be ground for you at the coffee shop. Buy just a quarter of a pound at a time, so that it is freshly roasted. If you have no coffee machine, use an ordinary jug. Be generous with "the coffee, .allowing three heaped tablespoonfuls to a quart jug. Pour the water oil without taking it off the boil. Let it stand for five minutes, adding first a small pinch of salt and an equally small pincli of mustard. Then beat with a spoon. Don't stir, Leat. Strain, and pour at once, adding hot milk or cream as preferred. It is of interest to know that the first coffee house ill London was opened in 1G52 by the servant of a Mr. Edwards. This servant, who came from Smyrna, prepared coffee daily, and Mr. Edwards found that he was overwhelmed with guests. He suggested that his servant should open a coffce shop, which soon did a roaring trade