Peasant life in the Holy Land . e coffee-maker beating a sort oftattoo on the sides and bottom of the mortar withthe pestle as he does so. This sound produced byanyone who is clever at it is much admired by theArabs, and is not unpleasing to a European pounded, the fragrant powder is put in adeep brass or iron pot, with the due amount ofwater, and placed on the embers to boil. To getthe full flavour out of it, it ought to be brought tothe boil four or five times, being allowed to subsideas often by removing the vessel for a few secondsfrom the fire. When ready, the coffee-maker takeso
Peasant life in the Holy Land . e coffee-maker beating a sort oftattoo on the sides and bottom of the mortar withthe pestle as he does so. This sound produced byanyone who is clever at it is much admired by theArabs, and is not unpleasing to a European pounded, the fragrant powder is put in adeep brass or iron pot, with the due amount ofwater, and placed on the embers to boil. To getthe full flavour out of it, it ought to be brought tothe boil four or five times, being allowed to subsideas often by removing the vessel for a few secondsfrom the fire. When ready, the coffee-maker takesone or more china cups, which he usually washesout first, and, pouring a little coffee into one cup,next empties it into the other cups in succession,and then drinks it himself This is to show thatthere is no poison in any of the cups, a commonmethod of getting rid of an enemy being by meansof a cup of poisoned coffee. The preliminariesbeing concluded, the coffee is served out. The cups, which are of various shapes, contain Iffe. COFFEE-JIAKIXG.
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