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Boiled Coffee

A coffee brewed by boiling water over a coffee and cold water mixture.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Boiled Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

Brew

  1. Scald the coffee pot.

  2. Add the coffee and 1½ cups cold water to the pot and mix.

  3. Pour the boiling water over the mixture and boil for 3 minutes.

Settle and serve

  1. Remove from heat and add the remaining cold water, pouring it over the top and down the spout to settle the grounds.

  2. Allow the coffee to stand for 5 minutes before serving.

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

Coffee
Supplies the flavor and aroma compounds that dissolve into the water.
Boiling water
Extracts flavor from the grounds and brings the brew to temperature.
Cold water
Cools the surface and helps the grounds sink so the coffee pours clearer.

The step that matters

Boiling for 3 minutes. Boiling extracts flavor from the grounds, but holding the coffee at a boil too long pulls out bitter compounds and makes the cup harsh. Keep the boil to the stated time and then remove the pot from the heat.

“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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