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Brazil-nut Coffee

A beverage made by simmering ground Brazil nuts in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Brazil-nut Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Roast the Brazil-nut kernels until they are a nice brown.

  2. Let them cool, then pound or grind them to a coarse meal.

Brew

  1. Use 1 heaping tablespoon of the ground Brazil-nut for 1 pint of water.

  2. Simmer gently for one hour.

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

Brazil-nut kernels
Roasting browns the kernels, giving the brewed drink its toasty, nutty aroma and flavour.

“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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