To Make Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Use good coffee and grind it finely.
Measure 1 heaping teaspoon of coffee for each person.
Put 1 cup of cold water on the stove and bring it to a boil.
Brew
Pour the boiling water over the coffee to make the desired amount.
Let it stand on the back of the stove for a few minutes.
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 main flavor, and fine grounds offer more surface for hot water to extract it.
- Water
- Hot water extracts flavor and aroma from the grounds and carries them into the drink.
The step that matters
Pouring the boiling water over the coffee. Water that is actually at a boil extracts flavor from the grounds efficiently. Cooler water pulls out less flavor, so the cup can taste weak or flat.
“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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