Louisa

Coffee recipe from 1852

Don't waste fresh coffee on children, good advice

Dec 24 at 4:39amWeb
Show threadAndy L.Dec 24
@Louisa Perhaps the children would enjoy a different beverage instead of "the dregs saved from twice making".
Show threadLouisaDec 24
@apLundell children prefer barley-water, perhaps with lemon if they've been extra good
Show threadDanielle CrawfordDec 24
@Louisa @apLundell Too soft! They’ll get slaked lime mixed with whey, and like it if they know what’s good for them
Show threadQuinn ComendantDec 24
@Louisa @Gargron Cowboy coffee. We’ve all been there. 😞
Show threadVincent 🌻🇪🇺 en 🌹☘️Dec 24
@Louisa Good enough boost to get them working in the mines
Show threadmirabilosDec 24
@Louisa meh
Show threadBruno ScheeleDec 24
@Louisa Same class of advice of one of our ancient “How to keep a house” study books:
“Smoking around children is fine, unless you’re breastfeeding, for risk of ash falling in the baby’s eyes.”
😬
Show threadJesseDec 24
@Louisa
I encountered this in a book about coffee yesterday. Times have changed 😂
Show threadsgt1372Dec 24

@jesse @Louisa

Using egg whites & egg shells to clarify broth well known cooking technique.

No reason why it shouldn't work for coffee too but -- using fish & eel skins??

I wonder who came up with that idea for clarifying coffee? 🤔

I tried googling it but couldn't find an explanation but the cook in me wants to give some fish a try (don't know where to get eel skins) the next time I need/want to clarify some broth but, unlike egg whites, the fish no doubt will "flavor" the broth.

Show threadJesseDec 24

@sgt1372 @Louisa
Eels were abundant (there was a cool historic-eel-facts account but I can't seem to find it anymore?), and the skins are waste, so I get why they'd have some skins to try this with.

But yeah, the flavors...

I'm happy we have paper filters for this now 😃 It's not mentioned in my book (yet) when filters became common, but the eel skins were used around the same time the paper bag (for packaging) was invented, so I assume paper coffee filters only happened later.

Show threadHakan BayındırDec 24

@Louisa If you have access to a Turkish grind (finer than espresso grind) coffee, this is almost the recipe for making Turkish coffee.

The measurements and method differ a bit, but you put coffee in water, stir, boil, pour and drink. That's it.

Show threadRastalDec 24

@Louisa Instead of "setting aside to settle" you can simply pour cool water from a height and the grounds will be pushed to the bottom of the pot, then serve immediately.

#coffee

Show threadDr. CassoneDec 24
@Louisa that's a good policy for sure ☕️
Show threadTed MielczarekDec 24
@Louisa I visited a family-owned coffee farm in Guatemala this year and they said that they start giving kids coffee (very watered down) at 1 year old.
Show threadMatthias Dec 24
@Louisa Don’t tell this my kids. When my second oldest (now 10) was just 2yo, he fouls my espresso (black, no sugar) and drank it all. When I asked him if he liked if, he just replied: maybe a bit hot.
At least I got him now on decaf. (3 of my 4 kids are like this)
Show threadEric ZarownyDec 25
@Louisa @coffeegeek you folks should give this a try for science.
Show threadCoffeeGeekJan 3
@ezarowny @Louisa That's just a recipe for Cowboy Coffee, which I've made several times. 😉