Swedish Egg Coffee

Also Scandinavian egg coffee, church basement coffee

Boiled coffee clarified with a raw egg, a Scandinavian-American church-basement tradition. The egg traps the grounds and takes the bitterness with it.

FilterServed hotFrom United States

Volume: 240ml8.1 US fl oz
Espresso: 0shots
Caffeine: 96mgderived, USDA FDC
Glass: Mug300 ml

The build

Watch it made, step by step

Mug, 300 ml. Layers in pouring order from the bottom, drawn by volume.

coffee boiled with a raw…240 ml100%

Volume: 240ml
Caffeine: 96mg
Espresso: 0shots

Cup size 240 ml

Scales every component together, so the ratio holds; caffeine scales with the coffee.

Grounds mixed with a raw egg (shell sometimes included) and boiled; the egg binds the grounds into a clump that settles when cold water is added, leaving a clear, mellow brew.

Caffeine

Derived

96mg

in a 240 ml swedish egg coffee

USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee volume in components, assuming 1 g per ml. FDC 171890 (Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water) 40.0 mg/100 g x 240 ml.

USDA FoodData Central record 171890 · read 2026-10-26

A derived figure: the reference food's caffeine per 100 g scaled to the coffee in this build. Real cups vary with the coffee, the dose and the shot.

Variants by country

Name	Country	How it differs
kokekaffe	Norway	Plain boiled coffee.

History

Popular account

Associated with Swedish and Norwegian immigrant church suppers in Minnesota and the Dakotas; not confirmed by a primary source.

Scandinavian-American communities of the US Midwest.

Popular account

Parts of this story are repeated widely but were not confirmed against a source this atlas accepts. They are kept as the story people tell, not as fact.

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