Making Good Coffee
serves five people, or one person with the single-cup measureIngredients
Directions
Prepare
Use a universal coffee percolator.
Combine ½ cup of ground coffee with 1 quart of boiling water for five people.
Use 1 heaping tablespoon of coffee with 1 cup of boiling water for one person.
Brew
Ensure the water is freshly boiled before pouring it over the coffee grounds.
Let it drip slowly in a covered strainer.
Do not boil the coffee.
Keep the coffee pot perfectly clean to avoid bitter or muddy flavors.
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
- Ground coffee
- Provides the flavour compounds that the hot water extracts into the brew.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavour from the coffee grounds and carries them into the cup.
The step that matters
Do not boil the coffee. Boiling coffee over-extracts bitter compounds and can make it taste harsh. Keeping it just below boiling gives a smoother, more balanced cup.
“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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