Swedish Egg Coffee

Posted on 2007-May-12 at 05:08

I don't usually post recipes, but I had to share this one.  This is the weirdest thing!  My aunt told me about this coffee recipe, and it was so bizarre-sounding I had to try it.  It was THE BEST coffee I have ever had!  I don't know why or how, I just know that I know coffee, and this was some good coffee.

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Swedish Egg Coffee

10-12 cups water

1 cup regular grind coffee

1 egg

1 cup ice cold water

In a small bowl, mix coffee and egg.  Some recipes say to mix the egg in shells and all, but we just did the egg part.  Bring the 10 cups of water to a boil in a pot.  Add some (about 1/2 cup or so) of the hot water to the coffee mixture.  Add coffee mixture to the pot of hot water.  Stir and heat until it comes to a rolling boil.  Remove from heat and add the 1 cup ice cold water.  Let sit 10 minutes.

The egg and grounds settle to the bottom of the pot leaving you with a dark, honey-colored coffee.  Now I hate grounds in my coffee, so just to be sure we strained each cup through a milk filter, but supposedly you shouldn't have to do that.  It was the smoothest, best tasting coffee EVER!  This is my new weekend indulgence.

Oh, and it reheats beautifully.  We let it get cold and I reheated a cup later.  It was just as good as the first time around!

Sounds great!

Posted by stitchnchick on 2007-May-12 at 09:11 - Link

I'll have to try this! I am a TRUE coffee addict and I'm always looking for ways to use up these eggs, LOL. Oddly enough, I knew about this coffee because it was Abraham Lincoln's favorite-- shells and all. (I don't think I'll do that part though.) I recently reviewed a Civil War cookbook the included the recipe.

Thanks for sharing and I'll let you know how mine turns out. :o)

Amy

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Posted by Anonymous on 2007-May-17 at 12:27 - Link

I went to Auntie Jayne's last night to pick up our mail and she was telling me about this and how much you liked it. It sounds so WIERD, but I can't wait to make it! My coffee is the worst. :)

Love,
Becky

Egg Coffee

Posted by Aunt Cathy Mikulski on 2007-Jun-5 at 11:15 - Link

Hey leah, Uncle Bob's aunt always made that coffee when we would visit her, She would mix the coffee and egg with the shell (supposedly made it clearer) and she would just boil a pot of water in a glass coffee pot, then shut off the gas and mix the coffee mixture with the water and then just wait for it to settle, it was the best tasting coffee. You brought a nice bit of memory back. Thanks, I'll see you next week with Aunt Joanne and Aunt Lorraine.

Love Aunt Cathy M