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Good Boiled Coffee

A boiled coffee made with ground coffee, boiling water, eggshells, and cold water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Good Boiled Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

Brew

  1. Mix the ground coffee with a little cold water.

  2. Add the boiling water and eggshells.

  3. Bring to a good boil.

  4. Add the cold water and let it stand for a few moments before pouring off.

Serve

  1. Serve immediately.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Ground coffee
Provides the main coffee flavour and body as its compounds dissolve into the boiling water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavour from the grounds and carries them into the brew.
Eggshells
Help gather loose coffee grounds so they settle instead of staying suspended in the liquid.

The step that matters

Standing before pouring off. Letting the brew stand after adding cold water gives the grounds time to settle to the bottom. Pouring too soon sends loose grounds into the cup, leaving the coffee gritty and cloudy.

“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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