How to Make Drip Coffee

Ingredients

• Two to three tablespoonfuls of mixed Java and Mocha
• Quarter of a cupful of tepid water
• Cupful of boiling water
• Cupful of hot water

Directions

1. Take a French coffee pot and wash it in hot water until completely clean
2. Put in the Java and Mocha mix
3. Pour over this the tepid water to soak the coffee
4. Let this stand for a few moments
5. Pour in the boiling water over the coffee
6. Let this drip for five minutes
7. Add the hot water
8. Test the coffee
9. If it is too weak, pout the whole thing over the top again
10. If it is too strong, add more hot water
11. Rinse coffee cups in hot water before using them.

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Laura McFatter
Louisiana Anthology
June 4, 2018