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roasted, in preference to stale. Observe, also, whether your 

 grocer keeps the article properly shut up in tin canisters, or 

 lets it lie about in open tubs or trays. 



3. If possible, buy a coffee-mill, one that will grind very 

 coarsely. The price varies from 2s. 6d. to 5s. This article 

 is so essential to a good cup of coffee, that no one who can 

 afford the outlay should hesitate to buy one. Those who 

 have a pestle and mortar may try the method of bruising ; 

 ,but whether a mill or a mortar, no more should be ground or 

 crushed than is wanted for use at the time. 



4. Coffee requires to be kept in a very dry place ; and, as 

 it readily takes up the flavour of other articles near which it 

 may be placed, it should be kept in an air-tight vessel. If 

 you buy tea and coffee at the same time, do not pack them 

 in one parcel or basket, or carry them in the same packet, 

 for the true flavour of both will be injured. "We presume 

 that no one will be so careless as to keep either tea or coffee 

 in paper only ; a wooden box would be better than this, but 

 a bottle or porcelain jar is best of all. 



5. Have a clean, dry coffee-pot ; it should always be 

 rinsed out when put away, and turned down to drain. 



6. To every half pint of water, allow half an ounce of 

 coffee-powder ; have your kettle of water boiling, put the 

 necessary quantity of powder into the coffee-pot, and pour 

 in as much water from the kettle as you require. Set the 

 pot on the fire for a few seconds, but on no account let the 

 contents boil up ; then pour about half a pint of the liquor 

 into a cup, and pour it back again into the pot, and stand it 

 on the hob or on the fender to settle. If these directions 

 have been properly followed, there will be in three or four 

 minutes a pot of coffee as clear and well-tasted as any one 

 could wish to drink. Should it be too strong, you have only 

 to use less of the coffee-powder. All the goodness is ex- 

 tracted with the first boiling ; and those who wish to drink 



