Coffee for Eight People
eight peopleIngredients
Directions
Prepare
Mix the coffee with cold water and part of an egg.
Put the mixture in a 3-quart coffee pot.
Brew and serve
Pour 2 quarts of boiling water over the coffee.
Let it boil for about 10 minutes.
Remove from the fire, pour 2 tablespoons of cold water through the spout to settle the coffee, and serve.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Coffee
- Provides the main flavor and aroma that the brewed drink is built on.
The step that matters
Remove from the fire and settle with cold water. Pouring cold water through the spout cools the surface and helps the grounds sink, so the liquid clears. Doing this before the boiling stops lets the grounds settle more evenly.
“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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