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Boiled Coffee, with Cold Water

A simple boiled coffee made by adding coffee and cold water, then boiling and serving immediately.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Boiled Coffee, with Cold Water

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Measure 1 tablespoon of coffee for each person and 1 for the pot.

  2. Add 1 cup of water for each person and 1 for the pot.

  3. Bring the mixture to a boil.

  4. 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

Coffee
Supplies the flavor and aroma compounds that are extracted into the hot water.
Water
Acts as the solvent that dissolves coffee flavor and carries it into the drink.

The step that matters

Serve immediately. Coffee grounds left in hot liquid keep extracting, so the drink turns progressively stronger and more bitter the longer it sits.

“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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