Coffee Syrup

Ingredients

• half pound best ground coffee
• three pints water
• boil it down to one pint
• white sugar enough to give the consistency of syrup

Method

1. 1

   Put half a pound of best ground coffee into a saucepan containing three pints of water, and boil it down to one pint.

2. 2

   Boil the liquor again, adding white sugar to give the consistency of syrup.

3. 3

   When cool, put it in a bottle and seal.

4. 4

   For a cup of good coffee, put two teaspoons of the syrup into an ordinary cup and pour boiling water upon it.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 155. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coffee Syrup. — Take half pound best ground coffee, put it into a saucepan containing three pints water, and boil it down to one pint j boil the liquor, put it into another saucepan, well scoured, and boil it again. As it boils add white sugar enough to give the con- sistency of syrup

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