For each person allow a large tablespoonful of finely ground coffee,
and to every tablespoonful allow a cupful of boiling water; the coffee
to be one part Mocha to two of Java.
Have a small iron ring made to fit the top of the coffeepot inside,
and to this ring sew a small muslin bag (the muslin for the purpose
must not be too thin). Fit the bag into the pot, pour some boiling
water in it, and, when the pot is well warmed, put the ground coffee
into the bag; pour over as much boiling water as is required, close
the lid, and, when all the water has filtered through, remove the bag,
and send the coffee to table. Making it in this manner prevents the
necessity of pouring the coffee from one vessel to another, which
cools and spoils it. The water should be poured on the coffee
gradually so that the infusion may be stronger; and the bag must be
well made that none of the grounds may escape through the seams and so
make the coffee thick and muddy.
Patented coffeepots on this principle can be purchased at most
house-furnishing stores.