Coffee
1 tablespoon (1 oz) of coffee per personIngredients
Directions
Prepare the filter
Create a small iron ring to fit the top of the coffee pot and sew a small muslin bag to it.
Fit the bag into the pot and pour boiling water into it to warm the pot.
Brew and serve
Add the ground coffee to the bag and pour boiling water over it gradually.
Close the lid and wait for all the water to filter through.
Remove the bag and 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.
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What each ingredient does
- Coffee
- Provides the main flavour; its grounds are held in the muslin bag while hot water extracts them.
The step that matters
Pour the boiling water over the coffee gradually. Pouring slowly lets the water saturate the grounds evenly and extract flavour steadily. Pouring too fast can wash through weakly or leave the grounds unevenly brewed.
“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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