Coffee, to Make
Ingredients
Directions
Place the coffee in the coffee chamber of a cafetiere.
Pour the boiling water through the distributor onto the coffee.
Allow the coffee to stand for a few minutes until clear and ready to serve.
Avoid boiling the coffee to preserve its flavor and aroma.
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
- Freshly ground coffee
- Provides the flavor and aroma that the brew extracts from its grounds.
- Boiling water
- Extracts flavor from the coffee grounds and carries them into the brew.
The step that matters
Avoid boiling the coffee. Boiling water over-extracts the grounds and can make the coffee taste bitter, while off-boil water extracts flavor more evenly and keeps aroma pleasant.
“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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