Swedish Egg Coffee

[Janna]

Has anyone ever tried this? My parents are here for the weekend and my mom was just having a memory of when her mom used to make coffee (her mom died when she was a girl, so any memories she shares with me about her is important to me). She has been told by other family members that the coffee her mother made was always phenomenal. Apparently, it was Swedish Egg coffee. I have looked up the recipe for this today and it sounds...intriguing. I think we may give it a try tomorrow morning. In the meantime, has anyone tried this before?

[Stacia]

I've never heard of it, but it does sound intriguing.

 

I may have to make some myself.

 

If you make it, please let us know how you like it.

[Janna]

OK, well we made this this morning. It was interesting to say the least.

 

First of all, I don't think I did it right. I didn't follow the directions to a tee, conscientiously, but am now thinking I should have.

 

The taste of the coffee was good. It was not strong or bitter or acidic at all. It was actually very smooth. However, the liquid was cloudy, which I read is because it wasn't boiled long enough. After seeing that the first cup was cloudy, I boiled the rest for longer, but it was still cloudy. So I don't know how long I would have had to boil - but again, I didn't follow the directions completely.

 

I didn't have an appropriate coffee pot for the stove, so I ended up doing this in my tea kettle. That made it kind of messy, but it still worked fine. Truly, the grinds and cooked egg and shell were settled at the bottom, allowing you to pour without it all getting in your cup which in itself was intriguing.

 

I would go ahead and give it a try, just so you can say you did. I would like to work with this recipe, or find another one, so I can perfect it and determine if it really is "phenomenal".

 

Here's the recipe I tried. I did not use 6 cups of water though - it was significantly more because of the amount of coffee grinds (which was a cup, it just seemed like not enough water, LOL). Because of that I ended up using more cold water too. Maybe a cup and a half? And again, what I did, did NOT work right, so don't do what I did, LOL!

[Cricket]

The women at my (non-Lutheran :) ) church when I was young made this all the time. I grew up in a little town in Minnesota where some of the older women could still speak Swedish and remembering coming to the US as little girls. We even had a Swedish Sunday once a year where all the hymns were sung in Swedish and the pastor preached in Swedish. Egg coffee was standard coffee at every potluck and whenever we were invited into homes.

 

I don't remember there ever being egg shells in the coffee though. I always thought it was just the egg and coffee grounds mixed together. I was young though! I'll have to ask my mom. I bet she remembers.

 

ETA: My mom doesn't remember the women using the eggshells either. She said they would add the egg/grounds mixture just after the water started boiling and then simmered it until it was strong enough, followed by some cold water to settle the grounds. One lady she remembers didn't like to use a whole egg so she only used half an egg. And they always used a big enamel coffee pot.

 

Boy, did this bring back memories! lol

Edited March 30, 2009 by Cricket

[MommyJo]

Interesting, I am going to have to try this with my mother. She LOVES all kinds of coffee.

[Stacia]

Thanks for the update. I'm going to have to try this out of curiosity alone! :001_smile:

[KatieJ]

I grew up in Minnesota..a Lutheran and my Mom is Swedish... and I don't recall ever hearing about coffee at church.

 

BUT, we did have a cabin on a lake and my Mom Always made her coffee with an egg in it. She never made it that way at home tho. I was too young to drink coffee, but I remember it very well. Mom had a huge big ole white enamel coffee pot that she used. Everyone thought it was wierd when she made it but they all loved it.

 

I am really sure she never put the egg shells in it tho.