To Make Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Measure 1 tablespoon of ground coffee for each pint of water.
Pour the boiling water over the coffee.
Let it steep for a few minutes 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
- Ground coffee
- Provides the main flavor and aroma, extracted into the water during steeping.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the extraction solvent, dissolving flavor compounds from the ground coffee.
The step that matters
Let it steep for a few minutes before serving. Extraction depends on contact time between hot water and grounds. Too short gives weak, underdeveloped flavor; too long can make the coffee bitter as more harsh compounds are pulled out.
“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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