Of the Excellent Qualities of Coffee, and the Art of Making It in the Highest Perfection

Of the Excellent Qualities of Coffee, and the Art of Making It in the Highest Perfection is an 19th century essay written by Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS in which he describes his experience making coffee, his opinions on the best manner in which it may be made, bottling methods, and inventions for making coffee.



Sir Benjamin Thompson, born in Colonial Massachusetts, demonstrates the full force of his passion and interest in coffee and physics in this work, providing a number of inventions accessible by both rich and poor to produce what was, in the early 19th century, quite good coffee.