Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Heat the upper chamber of a cafetiere.
Place the fresh-ground coffee in the heated chamber.
Brew
Pour in the boiling water and let it percolate slowly by the fire without boiling.
If using a coffee pot, add coffee first, then pour on boiling water.
Pour out a cupful and return it twice to clear the coffee.
Keep the pot covered to retain aroma.
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.
Photo for illustrative purposes only · Contact us to use it
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Coffee
- Provides the flavour compounds that hot water dissolves out during brewing.
The step that matters
Let it percolate without boiling. Water that boils or runs too hot extracts more bitter compounds from coffee and can scorch it. Slow percolation 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.
More coffee recipes
You might also like
Vegetable Soup350 recipes
Raspberry Vinegar214 recipes
Blackberry Cordial129 recipes
Lemonade126 recipesThe free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.