Comments on: How to Make Swedish Coffee http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html Talk About Coffee is a must visit site for all coffee lovers :)) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:59:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andreas http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-93967 Andreas Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:08:05 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-93967 This is quite funny.. I'm swedish, and I have never heard of this ordinary mix... This is quite funny.. I’m swedish, and I have never heard of this ordinary mix…

]]> By: Robin Briggs http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-48553 Robin Briggs Sun, 20 Nov 2011 22:15:25 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-48553 I have a stainless steel Swedish coffee pot on my range that has been in the family since the 50s. It has a very thick (1 inch) bottom for making coffee this way. It's made it's way to San Francisco, and we only use it for boiling water, but I know about its history and this is the way coffee was made. Welcome to Swedish culture in the US I have a stainless steel Swedish coffee pot on my range that has been in the family since the 50s. It has a very thick (1 inch) bottom for making coffee this way. It’s made it’s way to San Francisco, and we only use it for boiling water, but I know about its history and this is the way coffee was made. Welcome to Swedish culture in the US

]]> By: Alex Jokela http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-37937 Alex Jokela Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:24:20 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-37937 Having grown up on the Iron Range (e.g. Northern Minnesota), I am almost certain that I had had coffee made this way; think church basement coffee after a funeral or something. I had been listening to Minnesota Public Radio over this weekend, and the Road Food Couple mentioned having been in Iowa, having has "Swedish Coffee". I looked it up and found this site. I have been sipping a couple pots of the stuff throughout the day, today. Very smooth. I also agree with the previous comments; I traveled Scandinavia (several years back), and most of things that we mid-westerners of Scandinavian decent think of the "old country" is just that, it is thoughts of an old country that no longer exists - just stories and memories from a bygone era. Cultures and languages change. Finland, by the way, has the best coffee (in my humble opinion). Having grown up on the Iron Range (e.g. Northern Minnesota), I am almost certain that I had had coffee made this way; think church basement coffee after a funeral or something.

I had been listening to Minnesota Public Radio over this weekend, and the Road Food Couple mentioned having been in Iowa, having has “Swedish Coffee”. I looked it up and found this site.

I have been sipping a couple pots of the stuff throughout the day, today. Very smooth.

I also agree with the previous comments; I traveled Scandinavia (several years back), and most of things that we mid-westerners of Scandinavian decent think of the “old country” is just that, it is thoughts of an old country that no longer exists – just stories and memories from a bygone era. Cultures and languages change.

Finland, by the way, has the best coffee (in my humble opinion).

]]> By: Ed http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-13629 Ed Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:20:37 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-13629 I remember, as a kid, my (Upper peninsula, Copper Country, Michigan) Swedish Grandpa making coffee always boiled egg coffee, and all the old folks said he always made the best coffee. I never got a direct recipe from him just remember watching him. He would mix an egg with water enough to fill the large size baby food jar, put the grounds in the bottom of his coffee pot and pour in about 1/3 (one third)of the egg-water mix over the grounds and swish it around to mix it with the grounds. Mean while he was heating the water in the tea kettle, once the water boiled he poured the water over the grounds then put the coffee pot over the fire until it boiled up a few times, he would slosh it around to knock the foam down, repeated a couple times until it would just come to a rolling boil. Then he added a little cold water and let it settle a few minutes before pouring it out through an old fine brass screen strainer into the cups. When I decided to try to make some I started looking for recipes and all of them I found called for 1 egg which gives the coffee more of a egg flavor then I wanted and I knew he used his jar of egg water a couple days, after several pots of coffee I figure 1/3 egg came out pretty good. I remember, as a kid, my (Upper peninsula, Copper Country, Michigan) Swedish Grandpa making coffee always boiled egg coffee, and all the old folks said he always made the best coffee. I never got a direct recipe from him just remember watching him. He would mix an egg with water enough to fill the large size baby food jar, put the grounds in the bottom of his coffee pot and pour in about 1/3 (one third)of the egg-water mix over the grounds and swish it around to mix it with the grounds. Mean while he was heating the water in the tea kettle, once the water boiled he poured the water over the grounds then put the coffee pot over the fire until it boiled up a few times, he would slosh it around to knock the foam down, repeated a couple times until it would just come to a rolling boil. Then he added a little cold water and let it settle a few minutes before pouring it out through an old fine brass screen strainer into the cups.
When I decided to try to make some I started looking for recipes and all of them I found called for 1 egg which gives the coffee more of a egg flavor then I wanted and I knew he used his jar of egg water a couple days, after several pots of coffee I figure 1/3 egg came out pretty good.

]]> By: Anders Gardebring http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-11070 Anders Gardebring Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:23:12 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-11070 I don't know of anyone in Sweden having egg in the coffee nowadays. We usually drink our coffee black and strong, sometimes with a small bit of sugar or some milk, but not always. (Regular American coffee basicly taste like hot water to us!). The egg coffee is (I would guess) probably an older tradition that the emigrants from Scandinavia brought with them when they came to the United States back in the days. Interesting read! I don’t know of anyone in Sweden having egg in the coffee nowadays. We usually drink our coffee black and strong, sometimes with a small bit of sugar or some milk, but not always. (Regular American coffee basicly taste like hot water to us!).
The egg coffee is (I would guess) probably an older tradition that the emigrants from Scandinavia brought with them when they came to the United States back in the days. Interesting read!

]]> By: Klas Johansson http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-4498 Klas Johansson Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:42:13 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-4498 Hahaha, dont drag us real swedes into this! :D I've lived in Sweden for all of my 33 year old life and I've never heard of this recipe. :) Crazy americans! :P Or crazy lutherans. :P Hahaha, dont drag us real swedes into this! :D I’ve lived in Sweden for all of my 33 year old life and I’ve never heard of this recipe. :)
Crazy americans! :P Or crazy lutherans. :P

]]> By: Courtney http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-2902 Courtney Wed, 13 May 2009 06:15:40 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-2902 This sounds like a very interesting mix. I will look forward to trying it. Also, I appreciate the fact that you shared such a different recipe with the world, that is outside of the normal "coffee box". Thank you for helping us entertain culture through taste. Courtney-Blarney Stone Cafe This sounds like a very interesting mix. I will look forward to trying it. Also, I appreciate the fact that you shared such a different recipe with the world, that is outside of the normal “coffee box”. Thank you for helping us entertain culture through taste. Courtney-Blarney Stone Cafe

]]> By: Red Roaster http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/swedish-coffee.html/comment-page-1#comment-2782 Red Roaster Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:43:51 +0000 http://www.talkaboutcoffee.com/?p=1307#comment-2782 You swedes are funny. You swedes are funny.

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