BEVERAGES SERVED WITH SANDWICHES.
| Towards eve there was tea |
| (A luxury due to Matilda) and ice, |
| Fruit and coffee. |
| —Meredith's "Lucile." |
| Come, touch to your lips this melting sweetness, |
| Sip of this nectar,—this Java fine,— |
| Whose tawny drops hold more completeness |
| Than lurks in the depths of ruby wine. |
| —J. M. L. |
Filtered Coffee.
Ingredients.
- ½ a cup of coffee, ground very fine.
- 3 cups of boiling water.
- About 6 blocks of sugar.
- About 3 tablespoonfuls of cream.
- About 6 tablespoonfuls of hot milk.
Method.—Put the coffee into the filter of a well-scalded coffee-pot. Pour the boiling water over the coffee. Serve as soon as the infusion has dripped through the filter. For black coffee use double the quantity of coffee.
Boiled Coffee.
Ingredients.
- 1 cup of ground coffee.
- White and shell of 1 egg.
- 1 cup of cold water.
- 6 cups of boiling water.
- 1 tablespoonful of ground coffee.