
Take two
Bottles of Russian Spirit1,
the Bottles being each of a just quantity of one-fifth withal and soke
therein two Pounds of Beans of the coffee Plant.
Let it sit, in
a covered vessel of glazed earth or of crystal (wherefore you may observe
the Progress of the liquer) in a dark place but bringing it in at night
or the Faeries may get at it2.
Begin this at a full moon so you may count the Nights.
Upon the Return
of the Moon, mark it two fortnights3
and not less, take you some good clean cloth and drain the beans over a
bowl until they have yielded their juice4.
This may take a while5.
After the beans
are well-drained, take some blotting paper and fold it around6.
Pour the juice through the paper again, into another, clean jug or bowl
and do this again until the juice is perfectly clear. It will be very dark.
Then take some
sugar, in grains and measure out a cup and half again and then two Spoons,
large7
and take this to the Hearth, and over it pour water of the same quantity
from the kettle and boiling. Stir it well until it is clear and thick.
Then add this sirup to the juice of the beans, and stir well with a Wooden
Spoon or stick if you have none. Then add almost a Spoon8
of the extract of vanilla and you are done. Then put it in a bottle and
stop it well. It will keep forever9.
You can also get the Kahlua recipe in Modern American English, standard index card version. I made it up myself!