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Toast Water

A beverage made by steeping toasted bread in boiling water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Toast Water

Toast Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Toast the bread until it is a coffee color.

  2. Break the toasted bread into small pieces and place them in a heatproof container.

  3. Pour the boiling water over the toasted bread and let it steep for 10 minutes.

  4. Strain the mixture to remove the bread pieces and serve warm.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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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Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Toasted bread
Toasting browns the bread, and its roasted flavor is what gives the drink its coffee-like taste.
Boiling water
Hot water extracts flavor and color from the toasted bread pieces during steeping.

The step that matters

Toasting the bread to a coffee color. Toasting builds the roasted, browned flavor that the drink depends on. Bread that is pale or burnt will give a weak or bitter result, so color is the guide.

“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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