Filtered Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Place finely ground coffee in a strainer.
Put the strainer in a coffee pot and place the pot on the range.
Brew
Add 6 cups of boiling water gradually, allowing it to filter.
Cover the pot between additions of water.
If a stronger brew is desired, re-filter the coffee.
Serve
Serve the coffee over ice with cut sugar and cream.
Put sugar and cream in the cup before adding hot coffee.
If cream is not obtainable, scalded milk may be substituted.
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. See the original page.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Finely ground coffee (in the method)
- Supplies the flavor compounds that the hot water draws out into the brew.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavor from the grounds and sets the strength of the finished coffee.
The step that matters
Add the boiling water gradually. Pouring slowly lets the water pass through the grounds evenly, so flavor is extracted steadily rather than all at once. Covering the pot between additions holds in heat, keeping the brew hot and extraction consistent.
“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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