Filtered or Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Measure 1 large tablespoon of finely ground coffee per person.
Combine 1 cup of boiling water for each tablespoon of coffee.
Mix 1 part Mocha coffee with 2 parts Java coffee.
Sew a small muslin bag to fit inside the top of the coffeepot.
Brew
Fit the muslin bag into the pot.
Pour boiling water into the pot to warm it.
Add the ground coffee into the warmed bag.
Gradually pour boiling water over the coffee.
Close the lid.
Wait for the water to filter through.
Remove the bag.
Serve
Serve the coffee.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Finely ground coffee
- Provides the flavour compounds that the hot water extracts into the brew.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour from the grounds and carries it through the filter into the cup.
- Mocha coffee
- Blended in to shape the flavour of the coffee, adding its own character to the brew.
- Java coffee
- Blended in to shape the flavour of the coffee, adding its own character to the brew.
The step that matters
Gradually pour boiling water over the coffee. Pouring slowly lets the water wet all the grounds evenly and extract flavour steadily, while pouring too fast can channel water through and leave the coffee weak or uneven.
“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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