Miracles of Modern Magic
Harry Whiteley
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A New Hot Coffee Trick
THIS effect should make a capital addition to the Kettle Act, although it is certainly an admirable trick by itself. An ordinary looking kettle has, we will say, been resting innocently on the wizard's table throughout the performance. Into this the conjurer pours ground coffee and pure water. A few moments elapse and the kettle boils without being placed near a stove. Immediately the contents are poured from the kettle into cups and handed to the audience who pronounce the result to be most excellent coffee.
The kettle is of the stamped variety with the spout high on the shoulder. Inside there is a cylinder fastened in the centre of the kettle and reaching nearly as high as the spout. This cylinder is fitted with a lid and provided with a spout of its own, which is continued half way along the spout of the kettle proper. The cylinder contains lukeward ready-made coffee, while the portion of the kettle round the cylinder is loaded with a few pieces of builder's lime. The ground coffee is dropped on to th elime, and also the water (which should have the chill just taken off) is poured in the same outer cavity. So soon as the water acts upon the lime the kettle will steam and the lukewarm coffee boil. There is absolutely no taste of lime in the coffee poured from the kettle, and the only smell is the aroma of coffee.
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