To Make Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Brew
Heat an earthenware pot without burning it.
Pour 1 pint of boiling water over the coffee.
Cover tightly for 5 minutes to trap steam.
Strain and serve
Strain through a cloth wrung out in boiling water.
Heat again and serve very hot.
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
- Ground coffee
- Supplies the flavour compounds that the hot water extracts, giving the drink its aroma and bitterness.
- Boiling water
- Acts as the solvent that dissolves flavour from the grounds during steeping.
The step that matters
Cover tightly for 5 minutes. Covering keeps the water near boiling and holds in aromatic volatiles, so the coffee extracts fully and does not lose its aroma. Uncovered, heat and flavour escape and the brew tastes flat.
“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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