Coffee, Simple Method
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Sew a small muslin bag to fit inside the coffee pot.
Warm the pot with boiling water, then discard the water.
Place the ground coffee into the muslin bag.
Brew and serve
Pour the required amount of boiling water over the coffee gradually.
Close the lid and let the water 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Ground coffee
- Provides the soluble flavour compounds that the hot water extracts to make the drink.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that dissolves flavour from the grounds and brews the coffee.
The step that matters
Pouring the boiling water gradually. Pouring slowly lets the water wet all the grounds evenly so they extract consistently. Pouring too fast can channel through a few spots, leaving some grounds under-extracted and the coffee uneven in taste.
“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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