Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Pour the boiling water into the lower part of the drip coffee pot.
Place the finely ground coffee into the upper section of the pot.
Cover the pot and place it over the fire.
Allow it to brew for 5 to 8 minutes until the coffee is ready.
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
- Coffee
- Finely ground coffee provides the flavour compounds that the hot water extracts during brewing.
- Boiling water
- Hot water dissolves flavour compounds from the ground coffee and carries them through into the pot.
The step that matters
Allow it to brew for 5 to 8 minutes. Brewing too briefly leaves the coffee weak and under-extracted, while brewing too long can draw out bitter compounds. Watching for the coffee to be ready helps balance strength and bitterness.
“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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