Coffee— with Boiling Water
Ingredients
Directions
Steep
Place the ground coffee in the coffee pot.
Pour 1 cup of boiling water over the coffee.
Let it steep for about 5 minutes on low heat.
Top up and settle
Fill the pot with more boiling water.
Let it stand for 5 to 10 minutes.
Add ½ cup of cold water to settle the grounds.
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 coffee solids and flavour that the hot water extracts.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour and aroma from the grounds and brings the brew to serving heat.
- Cold water
- Cools the surface slightly so the grounds sink and settle.
The step that matters
Letting the coffee steep for the right time. Coffee left in hot water for too long extracts bitter compounds, so the brew turns harsh. Steeping for the stated time keeps the flavour balanced.
“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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