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Drip Coffee

A method of brewing coffee by pouring hot water over grounds in a filter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Drip Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Place the coffee powder in a felt bag or on a thick flannel laid on a strainer.

  2. Ensure the flannel is thick enough to prevent coffee grounds from straining through.

  3. Preheat the pot and keep it in a pan of hot water while the coffee drips.

Brew and serve

  1. Pour the boiling water over the coffee.

  2. Serve the coffee 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.

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What each ingredient does

Coffee
Provides the dissolved flavour and aroma that the hot water extracts.

“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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