Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Scald the coffee pot.
Place 4 tablespoons of coffee in the upper part of the pot.
Pour 1 quart of freshly boiling water over the coffee.
Brew and serve
Set the pot where it will keep warm but not boil.
Once all the water has drained through, remove the upper part and serve immediately.
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 flavor and aroma compounds that the hot water extracts from the grounds.
- Freshly boiling water
- Dissolves and extracts flavor compounds from the coffee as it drains through.
The step that matters
Set the pot where it will keep warm but not boil.. Keeping the brewed coffee just below boiling holds its temperature without scorching it. Boiling can over-extract the grounds and drive off aroma, leaving a harsh, bitter taste.
“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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