Good Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Boil the water in a tin vessel.
Add the ground coffee to the boiling water.
Boil for 30 minutes.
Strain the coffee into a pot or urn.
Keep hot for constant use.
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 main flavour and aroma as its compounds are extracted into the hot water.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavour from the coffee grounds.
The step that matters
Boil for 30 minutes. Boiling the grounds for a long time over-extracts bitter compounds and can make the coffee harsh. Timing matters because extraction keeps increasing while the grounds stay in contact with the water.
“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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