>I don't drink coffee and I've never used this myself.
All the people
>whom I've asked have said that they don't know the
trick. In some Archer
>novel by Macdonald Archer asks for coffee and ham and
eggs. The butler
>of the house Archer is currently working in says that
there's only
>coffee that has been left overnight in the
percolator. Archer
>says: "Warm it up and put some salt in it. It will
take away the bitter
>taste." I have forgotten the name of the book, but it
was Lew alright.
>
>Juri
Yeah. This is old stuff in
certain parts of the States. I used to always use a pinch of
salt when I was making coffee. Though it is somewhat dated
now, you are also supposed to make coffee with broken
eggshells in the grounds (don't overdo this, though. One
shell per pot is OK).
James
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