Excellent Breakfast Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Use a well-made English filter or percolator for brewing.
Measure 3 ounces of coffee and place it in the filter.
Ensure the filter can hold 2½ pints of water.
Shake the coffee powder level and press it down firmly.
Remove the presser and place the top strainer on.
Pour water evenly over the coffee to wet it thoroughly.
After filtering, avoid pouring water over the grounds again to prevent bitterness.
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 main flavour and aroma of the drink, extracted by the water.
The step that matters
Pour water evenly over the coffee to wet it thoroughly. Even wetting lets all the grounds extract at a similar rate. Uneven wetting leaves dry pockets and channels, so the brew tastes weak in some places and harsh in others.
“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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