CafiS. — Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Brew
Fill a coffee pot with boiling water, leaving two inches from the brim.
Add the coffee and let it simmer gently until the coffee rises and bubbles form.
Remove the pot from the heat and pour out about half a teacup of coffee.
Clarify and serve
Return the poured coffee to the pot and add the isinglass shavings.
Let the coffee stand for five minutes to settle before serving.
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 body of the drink.
- Isinglass
- Acts as a fining agent that gathers fine grounds so they settle, leaving the coffee clearer.
The step that matters
Letting the coffee stand. The isinglass needs quiet time to bind fine grounds and draw them down. Moving or pouring the coffee during this rest stirs them back up, leaving it cloudy.
“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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