To Boil Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Brew
Fill a pot with water, leaving some space at the top.
Bring the water to a boil, then stir in the coffee immediately.
Allow it to boil strongly for 1-2 minutes.
Settle and keep hot
Remove from heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
Pour a large cupful of coffee from the pot and back in, holding it high.
Set the pot on the stove to keep hot for another 10 minutes without simmering.
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 color, as its soluble compounds dissolve into the hot water.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor from the coffee grounds.
The step that matters
Pour a large cupful of coffee from the pot and back in, holding it high.. Pouring from height cools the surface slightly and helps stir the liquid, which encourages loose grounds to settle so the coffee pours clearer.
“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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