Filtered or Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
For each person, use 1 large tablespoon of finely ground coffee.
Mix 1 part Mocha with 2 parts Java coffee.
Sew a small muslin bag to fit inside the coffee pot using an iron ring.
Warm the coffee pot by pouring in some boiling water.
Brew and serve
Place the ground coffee into the muslin bag and pour boiling water over it gradually.
Close the lid and let the water filter through.
Remove the bag and serve the coffee.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Finely ground coffee
- Provides the flavour compounds extracted by the hot water, so grind size controls strength and clarity.
- Boiling water
- Extracts soluble flavour and aroma from the ground coffee as it passes through.
The step that matters
Pour the boiling water over the coffee gradually. Pouring slowly lets the water saturate the grounds evenly and extract flavour steadily. Pouring all at once can over-saturate the top and produce uneven, weak or bitter coffee.
“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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