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After-Dinner Coffee

For after-dinner coffee use twice the quantity of coffee, or half the amount of liquid, given in previous recipes.

For after-dinner coffee use twice the quantity of coffee, or half the amount of liquid, given in previous recipes. Filtered coffee is often preferred where milk or cream is not 39used, as is always the case with black coffee. Serve in after-dinner coffee cups, with or without cut sugar.

Coffee retards gastric digestion; but where the stomach has been overtaxed by a hearty meal, café noir may prove beneficial, so great are its stimulating effects.

Ingredients

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  • coffee (twice the )
  • water or liquid (half the a)
  • sugar, cut (optional)

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Required Gear

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Coffee pot or filter
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After-dinner coffee cups

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Instructions

  1. 1

    For after-dinner coffee use twice the quantity of coffee, or half the amount of liquid, given in previous recipes.

  2. 2

    Filtered coffee is often preferred where milk or cream is not 39used, as is always the case with black coffee.

  3. 3

    Serve in after-dinner coffee cups, with or without cut sugar.

  4. 4

    Coffee retards gastric digestion; but where the stomach has been overtaxed by a hearty meal, café noir may prove beneficial, so great are its stimulating effects.

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