1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

140 Coffee Liqueurs. A mode of making coffee is to put Jib. fresli- ground coffee in a basin, and to break into it an egg entire, shell and all; and then mix it with a spooa to the consistence of mortar. Place this in a coffee-pot with tepid water, let it boil up and break three times; allow it to stand by the fire, but be careful it does not boil. It will soon come as clear as amber, a deliciously rich drink. Cafe au Lait. —Make the coffee with boiling milk, instead of water; sugar to taste. Cafe Gloria. —Equal quantities of strong, bright coffee and Cognac; sugar to taste. Cafe au Lait —Pint of good coffee, pint of boiled milk, J pint of boiled cream, 1 drop essence of vanilla ; sugar to taste. Cafe Noir. —Half-cupful strong, bright coffee, half-cupful Cognac ; sugar and vanilla to taste. Coffee Milk. —Boil a dessert-spoonful of coffee (2 drachms) in a pint of milk for a quarter of an hour ; add shavings of isinglass, to clear it; let it boil a few minutes; let it rest and settle clear. Coffee Ratafia (Ratafia de Cafe). —lib. of roasted fresh-ground Mocha coffee ; macerate for 10 days in 1 quart of spirit; strain clear, and add 2 pints clarified syrup, and of water 1 quart. Coffee Ratafia. — 1 Jib. best roasted and fresh-