To Make Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Brew
Put the coffee into a coffee pot.
Pour boiling water over the coffee.
Boil for 6 minutes.
Pour out a cupful, then return the cupful to the pot.
Repeat 2-3 times.
Clarify and serve
Add isinglass chips and a large spoonful of boiling water.
Boil for 5 more minutes.
Set the pot by the fire to keep hot for 10 minutes.
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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Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Fresh-ground coffee
- Provides the main coffee flavor and aroma that the brew extracts into the water.
- Isinglass chips
- Acts as a fining agent that binds fine grounds so the coffee settles clear.
The step that matters
Pouring out a cupful and returning it to the pot. Pouring the liquid back over the grounds repeats the extraction and helps settle fine particles, so the brew tastes fuller and clears better before the fining step.
“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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