Coffee Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
In a saucepan, combine the ground coffee and water.
Boil the mixture until it reduces to 1 pint.
Transfer the liquid to a clean saucepan and boil it again.
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 concentrated coffee flavor and aroma that defines the syrup.
- Water
- Extracts coffee solids and carries flavor, then reduces to concentrate the syrup.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture until it reduces to 1 pint. Reducing the liquid concentrates the coffee extract and sugar-free flavor. Stopping too early leaves it weak and watery, while over-reducing can make it thick and bitter. Reduction by boiling is what turns a dilute brew into a concentrated syrup.
“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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