{"id":751723,"date":"2018-12-19T13:32:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T19:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=751723"},"modified":"2023-02-02T02:49:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T08:49:26","slug":"scandinavian-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/scandinavian-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Ingredient Grandma Used for Unbeatable Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"If your family's from the Midwest (especially Wisconsin or Minnesota), you might remember your grandma boiling up big batches of what she called Scandinavian coffee (or perhaps Norwegian or Swedish coffee, if she wanted to get specific). If she was making it for a church get-together, she might have called it church basement coffee and brought along one of these heavenly desserts<\/a>.\r\n\r\nBut what was the secret ingredient in coffee that Gran made? If you peeked in the percolator<\/a>, you might have seen it.\r\n

What's in Scandinavian coffee?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nEggs!\r\n\r\nThey are what make Scandinavian coffee the richly-flavored, amber-hued, perfectly-balanced brew that it is. Or more specifically, a raw egg\u2014shell and all\u2014which you crack over and mix it into your coffee grounds to form a thick slurry. (We'll get to the how-to just below.)\r\n

But why?<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nNot everyone knows this, but eggs have a seemingly magical power to \"clarify\" liquids from broth to wine to... yes, coffee. As the liquid is heated, the egg coagulates, drawing impurities out of the liquid and into itself. In the case of coffee, those impurities include substances that can cause coffee to taste bitter or burnt. Ultimately, the impurities also include the grounds, themselves. In other words, the egg acts as an \"ick\" magnet, filtering your coffee without the need for a paper or mesh filter (yay!). After a mere three minutes, the egg and grounds have formed a unified lump that you can easily strain as you pour yourself a cup.\r\n

How to make Scandinavian coffee<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

What you'll need:<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n