Coffee, to Make
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the pot
Warm the coffee pot with boiling water.
Discard the water.
Brew and serve
Place a muslin bag containing the ground coffee into the pot.
Pour the boiling water gradually over the coffee to strengthen the infusion.
Close the lid and let the coffee filter through.
Remove the bag and serve the coffee.
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
- Provides the flavour and aroma that the boiling water extracts during infusion.
- Boiling water
- Extracts soluble flavour compounds from the grounds to make the brew.
The step that matters
Pour the boiling water gradually over the coffee. Pouring slowly lets the water wet all the grounds evenly, so extraction is uniform and the coffee tastes balanced rather than weak in some parts 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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