FRENCH COFFEE.
Three pints of water to one cupful of ground coffee. Put coffee in bowl; pour over it about half pint cold water and let stand for fifteen minutes; bring remaining water to a boil. Take coffee in bowl, strain through fine sieve, then take French coffee pot, put coffee grounds in strainer at top of French pot, leaving water in bowl. Then take boiling water and pour over coffee very slowly. Then set coffee-pot on stove for five minutes; do not let boil. Take off and pour in cold water from bowl that coffee was first soaked in, to settle. Serve in another pot. The French, who have the reputation of making the best coffee, use three parts Java to one part of Mocha.