To Make Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Measure 4 oz of ground coffee for each person.
Boil water and pour it over the coffee grounds, similar to making tea.
Use freshly roasted coffee beans and grind them just before use.
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 to make the drink.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor from the coffee grounds.
The step that matters
Grind the beans just before use. Coffee aromas and oils break down quickly after grinding, so freshly ground coffee tastes fuller and more aromatic than coffee ground long before brewing.
“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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