Cafe Noir a PAlexander the Great
From The table, 1889
Serves 6
Serve with six small, hot demi-tasses and six ponies of old Renauldt cognac.
Presented as published in 1889. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 326. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Cafe Noir a PAlexander the Great.— Put in an earthen pot on the hot range three pints of cold water; when boiling, immediately add four and a half ounces of freshly ground coffee, and as soon as the coffee has been added, put the pot on the corner of the stove to rest for three minutes. Have a piece of hot, red (very red) charcoal
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