644 Of the Excellent Qualities of Coffee. 



coffee-pots should always be rather less than six inches 

 in diameter above, or at their openings, in order that 

 the bottom of the coffee-pot may, in all cases, be set 

 down properly on the six knobs belonging to the lamp 

 or the furnace, which are destined to support it. 



The Fig. 2, Plate X., has been added, in order to 

 show how the same coffee-pot may be made to serve 

 for making any number of cups of coffee, within cer- 

 tain limits, that may be wanted, by being furnished 

 with strainers of different sizes. 



This coffee-pot has three strainers, the largest of 

 which is cylindrical, and of a size proper for making 

 either Jive or six cups of coffee. 



The second in size is designed for making either 

 three or four cups. It is composed of two tubes or 

 cylinders, of different diameters, united together. The 

 lower cylinder, which is one inch in length and two 

 inches and three quarters in diameter, is closed below 

 by a perforated bottom, on which the ground coffee 

 is placed. The upper cylinder, which is united to it, 

 is about three inches in length, and just wide enough 

 to enter without difficulty into the larger cylindrical 

 strainer, on the top of which it reposes by means of a 

 projecting brim, when not in use. 



The smaller strainer, which is of a size proper for 

 making two cups of coffee, enters that last described, 

 and reposes on it when not in use. This strainer is 

 also composed of two cylinders united together. That 

 which is lowest is two inches and one eighth in diam- 

 eter and one inch in height, closed below by a flat 

 bottom, perforated with small holes. The other cylin- 

 der, which is united to it above, is of such a diameter 

 as to enter the second strainer without difficulty, and 



