This section is from the book "Food Facts For The Home-Maker", by Lucile Stimson Harvey. Also available from Amazon: Food facts for the home-maker.
I cup ground coffee 7 cups cold water 1/4 egg
Scald granite-ware coffeepot. Wash egg, break, and dilute with one half cup of cold water, stir into the coffee, and mix well. Add the rest of the cold water and bring slowly to a boil. Remove to back of stove, add one tablespoon cold water, and allow it to stand a few minutes. Egg may be omitted and 1/4 cup cold water added instead of 1 table-spoon at last to settle coffee.
1 cup ground coffee 7 cups boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1/4 egg
Mix cold water, egg, and coffee. Add boiling water, let it come to a boil, and then set it back where it will not boil but keep hot for 10 minutes, or boil 3 minutes and set aside for 10 minutes.
1 cup finely ground coffee 6 cups boiling water
Place coffee in strainer, strainer in coffeepot, and pot in hot water. Add boiling water gradually, cover between additions of water and allow it to filter. If desired stronger allow it to refilter. Add first half-cup of water by tablespoons, and rest by half-cups.
 
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