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Coffee Without Boiling

Coffee brewed by scalding a pot, adding powdered coffee, and pouring boiling water to brew without boiling.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Coffee Without Boiling

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Scald the coffee pot.

  2. Place the powdered coffee in the receiver between the two strainers.

Brew

  1. Pour boiling water over the coffee.

  2. Close the lid and place the pot near the fire.

  3. Wait for the coffee to drain through into the lower part of the pot.

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.

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What each ingredient does

Powdered coffee
Provides the flavour and aroma that the hot water extracts into the brew.
Boiling water
Extracts flavour from the coffee grounds as it passes through them.

“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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