Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Heat the ground coffee in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until hot.
Pour the boiling water over the coffee.
Cover the saucepan tightly and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Strain the coffee through a cloth.
Warm the coffee again before serving.
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
- Ground coffee
- Provides the flavor compounds that are extracted into the water during steeping.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor from the coffee grounds.
The step that matters
Cover the saucepan tightly and let it steep for 5 minutes. Covering keeps heat and aromatic compounds in the pot, so extraction stays consistent. Steeping for the stated time lets flavor develop without pulling in excess bitterness from the grounds.
“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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