Recipe for coffee?

Question

Someone told me that the flavor of brewed coffee is MUCH better if eggshells are added to the grounds during the brewing process. Is this nuts, or does it really work? How do you do it? How many eggshells? Do you clean the residue out of the eggshells first? What?

Answer 1

Hi !!!
I found this info on the website below...

Why do some people put egg shell in coffee grounds?

Adding eggshell to the grounds of coffee is said to take away some of the bitter taste that can be associated with cheap or over extracted coffee. People also use eggshell to settle the grounds of the coffee. I believe this to be a fairly rare practice now.
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Eggshells in coffee:

Thanks so much, fellas. I am a thorough Marx brothers addict, and in one of my favorite movies of theirs - "The Big Store" - Harpo adds eggshells to the coffee maker's basket for Groucho's breakfast. This ALWAYS puzzled me, but now I have the answer thanks to my fellow java aficionados.
As a chemist, I agree that the calcium compounds in the shells would likely neutralize a small portion of the acids. Naturally, if you crush the shells more, there's more surface area to react, and slightly more neutralization.
Avoid decaf, unless it's by water process! They extract the caffeine with dichloromethane (or methylene chloride as it's also known) which is a known carcinogen. But then, why drink decaf? Don't we all love our Vitamin C? (C for caffeine... ;-) )
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Egg shells added to grounds

to clarify, you added coffee to the crushed eggshells together and then brewed them in a paper filter?

Answer 2

It's one of my family's old secrets. At picnics we would put coffee in water - about 1 heaping tablespoon per cup and bring to a boil over a fire. Before serving, to clarify the coffee we would crunch up egg shells from a few eggs and stir into the coffee. It's the best coffee I've had to this day. You could probably get by with the shell of one egg per your average home sized pot.

Another is to add just a few grains of salt to coffee before brewing it. It will be smoother.

Answer 3

Eggshells are very useful, and nutritious. Add half a spoon crushed egg shells, from 2 eggs, per spoon of coffee you use. I add egg shells to nearly everything. My soups, cakes, and cereal taste so much better with those crunchy pieces of egg shells. Think of them as crushed nuts to overcome the phobia.

Answer 4

I never heard of that, but I have heard of adding chicory to coffee takes away the bitterness.