Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Roast the coffee
Combine the coffee and lard in a pan.
Roast slowly, stirring constantly, until the coffee is light brown.
Brew and serve
Boil 3 pints of water in a separate pot.
Add the ground coffee to the boiling water.
Boil for at least 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add a little cold water to help settle the grounds.
Let it stand for a short time before serving.
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
- Java coffee
- Provides the main coffee flavor once roasted and brewed.
- Lard
- Adds fat that carries aroma and gives the roasted coffee a richer body.
The step that matters
Roast slowly, stirring constantly. Coffee beans and fat can scorch quickly over heat. Slow, constant stirring browns the beans evenly, so the brew tastes roasted rather than burnt and bitter.
“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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