Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Place coffee in a coffee basket.
Pour freshly boiling water over the coffee.
Keep the coffee utensil over low heat or in a pan of hot water while dripping.
Remove the coffee basket immediately after dripping.
Stir the coffee 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
- Coffee
- Provides the flavor and aroma that the hot water extracts during dripping.
- Water
- Dissolves the soluble compounds from the ground coffee to form the brew.
The step that matters
Remove the coffee basket immediately after dripping. Leaving the grounds in contact with the brew keeps extracting bitter compounds, so the coffee can taste harsh or over-steeped.
“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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