Black Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Place the coffee in the upper part of a filter coffee pot.
Slowly pour the boiling water through the coffee.
Keep the coffee pot hot while brewing.
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
- Finely ground coffee
- Provides the dissolved flavor and aroma compounds that make up the brew.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavor from the coffee grounds and carries them into the cup.
The step that matters
Slowly pour the boiling water through the coffee. Pouring slowly gives the water time to contact the grounds evenly, so extraction is consistent. Pouring too fast can leave the brew weak and under-extracted, while the grounds stay in contact with water long enough to draw out flavor.
“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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