Making 3 COFFEE Desserts from 1812-1830 

Even though I'm an unapologetic tea drinker I had a great time recreating these 3 recipes from the original instructions (12:03). The coffee cream especially is to DIE FOR oh my gosh! Though I'd no doubt grow too wide if I enjoyed it regularly. Coffee has always been cheaper in the Americas than black or green tea which eventually lead to it being the drink of choice over tea (it had nothing to do with rejecting British imports as these same companies that were importing tea were also importing coffee). Coffee beans were grown in the Caribbean and in parts of Latin America, whereas most tea was grown in China. This made shipping costs tremendously higher for tea due to the shipping costs. Below you will find 3 recipes for early 1800s coffee desserts, translated exactly as they instructed in the originals. Coffee Tart (The Professed Cook, 1812 edition) 1 cup of coffee, prepared 2 heaping tablespoons of flour 1 pint of cream 1/4 cup of sugar + 1 teaspoon for sprinkling on top + 1 teaspoon for the meringue 3 eggs, whole 3 eggs, whites only 1 pie paste Whisk together the flour, cream, a cup of coffee, sugar & eggs into a pot and bring to a simmer. Simmer for half an hour. Place a pie paste into the bottom of a tart pan. Pour the above prepared cream mixture into the paste. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. It will darken in color as it cooks. Once done sprinkle more sugar on top and toast with a salamander, OR put in the oven on broiler until the sugar has melted (which happens quickly so be sure to watch it closely). Beat up the whites of 3 eggs with a teaspoon of sugar till it forms a meringue and put it upon the tart. * To "glaze it with sugar" in the receipt can be interpreted in several ways as the instructions are unclear. This can either mean to form a sugar glaze and drizzle it on top, though bizarre to do over a meringue. Or it could have meant to melt a sprinkling of sugar on top of it. Interpret it however you wish. Coffee Cream (The Professed Cook, 1812 edition) 2 cups of coffee, prepared 1 pint of cream 1/4 cup of sugar Whisk together the coffee, cream & sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and simmer gently till reduced by at least 1/3. This can take anywhere from 30-60 minutes. Be sure to whisk frequently. Serve in drinking glasses and enjoy as a hot beverage. * "cups" were not yet a standardized measurement in cooking as it is today. When the receipt says to use 3 cups of good coffee it is not referring to 3 standardized cups but rather to whatever drinking cup you happened to have on hand. Coffee Ice Cream (The Cook's Dictionary, and House-keeper's Directory, 1830 edition) 2 cups of coffee, prepared 2 cups of cream 1.5 cups of sugar Whisk together the coffee, cream and sugar together in a saucepan. Bring to a simmer and continue whisking for 5 minutes. Remove from your heat and set aside to cool till it's only lukewarm. Pour into an ice cream churn and churn till frozen.

What a slice of heaven. A beautiful spring day in the scenic woods, the chickens scratching happily for food, the scent of fresh roasted coffee and desserts galore.... A blessed life.

Exceptionally good food! 😍🍩

I never cease to be thoroughly impressed with your open-hearth, cast-iron-and-trivet cooking skills, Justine. The salamander was a tool I've never seen before, but danged if it isn't useful, albeit specialized. I know this channel is essentially a no-talk, ASMR channel, but I'm sure there are a lot of folks who would love for you to do a series that details all of your dos-and-don'ts, tips-and-tricks for open-hearth cooking. Just a suggestion. Keep up the excellent work!

LOL The Ice Cream Maker makes a comeback! The bane of Justine's existence.

Justine, I think my husband would love these recipes, For one he is a coffee drinker and 2 he loves baked goods. I am thrilled to try these. thank you.

You make everything look so good. Thank you for sharing these wonderful recipes.

I haven't seen you in a while. Had been depressed thinking things weren't going to work out for me to move to Arkansas to live by my Sister, but it did. Left Lubbock, Texas April 28th. I am now in the Ozarks in my RV named Horizon. Just got here on April 30, 2024. Love your Podcast.

Funny! I just grabbed a cup of coffee and came out to see if the new video was out and saw this. We can enjoy coffee together. After this I will go straight over to frontier Patriot

Nothing sounds better at this moment than a nice hot cup of mud and all these desserts to accompany it! I will certainly be trying my hand at making these in the days to come! 😋 And CONGRATULATIONS again to you and Ron on your upcoming wedding! I can't believe the day is already almost here! I'm so excited for the two of you! 😃

I love that you're putting the recipes down so we can see. Thank you 😊

Sending my Best Wishes to you both on your upcoming wedding.

All the desserts look delicious. I will be interested in see how Ron likes them since he loves coffee!

As a coffee (iced) aficionado I am so excited to watch this. Thanks again for another stellar video! 😘❤️

I can't believe you are producing videos so close to your big day! Love it, as always. Before you take down your setup, would you consider doing a tour of your cabin?

The copper coffee pot is beautiful! Thoroughly enjoyed this video, even though I do not like the taste of coffee and am allergic to dairy. Now, I have to catch up on all your other videos for the past month. I have missed watching them. Dealing with cancer is no fun, but I thank God that I'm still here. I'm so excited for you and Ron and you're upcoming wedding.

So the tart would have been better with chocolate,ya think?😊 Loves me some chocolate.💞Mishmish and the chickens ,so cute.😸🐓

hee, hee, hee! Love how Justine raises a pinkie whilst quaffing the coffee cream! Everything looks so delicious. . . . then again, I didn't have lunch today and I'm more than a bit peckish.

I remember your other ice cream video and how you lay down in the field. Still makes me laugh. Glad to see you preserved to try it again! Have a great weekend!

oh no! ice cream! poor Justine! Coffee ice cream is my favorite though!

Good Video, Keep up the good work.

For some reason, i was wondering about the price of coffee back then, & how hard it was to obtain. A chat about prices, rare goods/food, etc might be fun...

How you keep your dresses and aprons so clean and white while working around all of that food and soot and ashes I will never know! You amaze me! Everything looks so delicious and you make it all look so easy, but I know that it's not. Wonderful job! Now I'm craving coffee ice cream...mmmmm....😋yum

This is darling, such tremendous recipes, beautiful presentation as always, and wonderful to take delight in this era!

I recently read through the Little House series. Every time you use the coffee grinder I think of how in The Long Winter how Laura and her family had to use the coffee grinder from the time they woke up until bedtime to grine enough wheat for the bread for two meals. I cupful of wheat at a time. Love your videos, thank you!

Justine I love your apron! The lace is beautiful!

Watching this with x2 to heal my busy day…

Ship the tart to me in Toronto. I LOVE custard!

Thank you for being here for us. Goodness, you make me appreciate modern times. I also think that fireplace would havw smelled mesmerizing.

Everything looked great, but i think that the ice cream would be refreshing after working next to that fire!

Bet that cabin smells extra good with that fresh roasted, ground coffee, and all the desserts you’re making with it! Hey, you know what would go extra good with those desserts? A good ole steaming cup of coffee! ☕️

OK, who else busted up laughing when they saw the ice cream maker 😂😂😂😂😂

Your guys videos always make me smile.

Gawd. I love anything coffee-flavoured. Iced coffee, ice cream, custard (especially in religieuse and bruleed) and even yoghurt. I was devastated when the Australian yoghurt brand Jalna stopped making coffee yoghurt! Loved these recipes! Especially the lemon meringue pie meets creme brulee!

👌 awesome video. I learned how to make coffee cake, and merengue! Mishmish is a cutie!

Coffee cream = early latté...??😅 I absolutely love that Dutch oven! I can't believe how well it works!

Love this

Awesome as always. I like coffee and tea.

Mish Mish has a better life than I do

I love coffee-I will have to try these. Glad you took a few days off. Always good to see a new video. By the way, love the grinder. Where did you get it at?

Looks absolutely divine ❤

My grandmother had a grocery store in a village in Upstate NY and had a coffee grinder like that in the 1950s.

That is one fancy chicken house.

Love the channel!!!! My husband and I watch together. Congrats on your upcoming wedding!

Looks delicious love your channel

Everything looks so good. I love anything that tastes like coffee

You remind me of my grandmother, her memory is blessed. She had a coffee grinder exactly like this, and she also used to grind spices with it.♥️🥰

The ice cream machine made another appearance ❤️. Everything looked delicious. The meringue 🤤. Can’t wait to hear the review on Chew and Chat.

My girl, you are SO good at these old recipes.

As always, Ron and Justine make a great video.

Justine and Ron I love your channels! Congratulations on your upcoming wedding, many blessings. ❤

Well, you had me at coffee....

I love hearing your chickens softly clucking outside. It looks like a lovely spring morning.

Thank Justine for the recipes. The coffee cream and the coffee ice cream looks great. Perhaps the coffee tart would be taste better without the meringue.

So happy to see you are back to making your wonderful videos!!❤❤

Beautiful video as always, i hope you get Ron's suit ready for wedding on time!

🎉❤BEST CHANNEL ON RU-vid❤🎉

Hello Early Americans, this video is an experience of mine. I really like drinking coffee, especially in the morning. The recipe you made is great. I wish that one day you will buy coffee that you make. you are wonderful

Not a coffee drinker but do like foods made with coffee, and thank you for letting the chickens out I enjoy watching them, and congratulations on your future wedding 🎉🎉🎉

Oh, goodness. The coffee cream is now my favorite drink! I love it!

Awesome I drink Tea too but love a good coffee on the weekend thank you for having us this is lots of fun 😊

What a lucky lucky man... treasure this one brother.

Everything looks so delicious! ☕

Before I started following this channel I never would have thought much about desserts with icing on them, or ice cream for that matter. Now though my first reaction after watching this video was, "Oh God, she made icing AND ice cream!? How does she still have enough strength left in her arm to lift a spoon?" Wonderful video in any case and I hope you give that arm a much needed rest!

So relaxing and everything looks delicious. Your apron is beautiful! Have you shared how Mish Mish got his name? If so, I missed it. Could you share the naming of Mish Mish again? Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. So enjoy all of your videos.

Oh my goodness, these are wonderful coffee recipes! I have to try the coffee tart first, looks so good. Mish Mish is loving the spring sunshine. I enjoyed the the relaxing video!! 🩷👍🏻

Great job, Justine! You are a whiz with pie crust and I could not do a meringue with a modern day mixer. I am so happy for you and Ron and hope Saturday is everything you imagined and better. Be blessed! xoxo

Still my favorite channel. I hope those crazy storms keep missing y’all!

Your video's are always so relaxing for me and my daughter of 8 years old, i always put them on when she couldn't sleep. And offcourse in the day time. Your video's are like a time machine.The desserts are looking delicious! Spring time is the best time for me. ❤

Everything looked delicious!

Justine, As always you are beautiful and talented God bless you and Ron. You too do great work bringing enjoyable content to us all. Thank you so much for your hard work!

I would definetely give to all of them a 10/10!

Omg! Such great recipes. My Grandmother had an old ice cream machine & I remember she had to churn & it was the best ice cream I ever had! Thx for the memory I had forgotten. 😊

Please never stop these videos they’re so peaceful! It makes me feel like one of the house on the prairie girls watching mama cook 😊

❤ Justine that is so cool how you turned the coffee tart into like a creme brulee by using the salamander. What a neat trick to melt the sugar I adore you😊

Amazing 👏!!!!! I wish I could jump through my phone and enjoy with you!!! LOVE FROM MICHIGAN U.S.A 5- 2 - 24 ..

Thank you for this awesome video. I am glad you showed those gorgeous roosters in the beginning of the video. I have been binge watching your videos and I thought roosters was a soundtrack added for your video..lol. I love the whisk, and the coffee looks so yummy too!

You are sp talented. I love your content. I wish nothing but the best for you and your family. Thanks for this and sharing your life

These all look delicious, especially the torte. I love coffee ice cream

The coffee cream looks very tasty!! Beautiful apron you have on.❤

Ice cream was a real luxury then! Kudos on your patience...and arm strength! Lol

The cream is so good that tea-loving Justine stuck her pinky up!

Awesome I loved it one of your best videos

Justine, did you REALLY whip those egg whites by hand? 😂 Love all your stuff, m’dear! Oh, and pinky out makes it’s FAHN-SAY! 😁

Another aesthetic 12 mins!!! Thank you❤

Thank you for sharing your video. Very nice. Looks good. I love coffee.😊👍❤️

As a former barista, I would love to make some of these desserts like the coffee cream and the coffee tart. It is also interesting to see how they did coffee back then and I bet it was very fresh. I also laughed when you gave the ice cream maker a look when you started to turn it because I remember how it was the last time you made ice cream with that ice cream maker.

Been awhile since I watched this beloved channel! Grateful for your sharing!!

Not a coffee drinker,but I would five these a try!

As always, great video!!! I love how you score each one.

Another great video thank you 😊

Justine This desert looks wonderful! I was at work on second shift last night! Sorry We missed the live! Me and my wife will have to try this receipt! We like coffee! Rebecca and David Back.

Well done! I cannot imagine making ice cream manually! How long did it take? The meringue looked 'thicker' than the usual beaten egg white consistency. It looked like and spread more like 'Fluff'. Did you add anything? Everything looked delicious! Thanks Justine.

Love this episode. The coffee pot and copper cookware seem like new additions. Or, maybe I didn’t notice before. Wedding gifts perhaps. Anyway I’m going to try the coffee cream as it looks delicious! Nice to see chickens and Mishmish too!

Wonderful to see the preparation of the coffee and those mouth-watering desserts. Thank you ! 💜

I love my coffee! These are great ideas! Thank u

Just right for the Starbucks crowd.

I can't believe you went for the ice cream 😮. You are an amazing woman ❤

Como siempre es un placer ver tus videos, las recetas y todos los nuevos implementos de cocina que enseñas ❤❤❤

I love anything coffee ❤