Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Select a drip coffee pot with few parts and easy to clean.
Put boiling water in the lower part of the pot.
Add finely ground coffee to the upper section.
Brew
Cover the pot and place it over the fire.
Wait 5 to 8 minutes for the coffee to brew.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Coffee
- Provides the flavour compounds that the hot water extracts as it drips through.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that dissolves coffee flavour and aroma compounds during brewing.
The step that matters
Wait 5 to 8 minutes for the coffee to brew. Brewing time controls extraction. Too short gives weak, under-extracted coffee; too long pulls out bitter compounds and makes it harsh.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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