Filtered or Drip Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Prepare a small iron ring to fit the top of the coffee pot and sew a small muslin bag to it.
Warm the coffee pot by pouring in some boiling water.
Place the ground coffee into the muslin bag and fit it into the pot.
Brew and serve
Pour boiling water gradually over the coffee to strengthen the infusion.
Close the lid and let the water filter through.
Remove the bag and serve the coffee immediately.
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
- Finely ground coffee
- Provides the flavour and body of the drink, with fine grounds releasing aroma and solids into the water.
- Boiling water
- Extracts the soluble flavour compounds from the coffee grounds as it passes through.
The step that matters
Pour the boiling water gradually. Pouring slowly lets the water saturate the grounds evenly and extract flavour steadily. Pouring too fast can wash over the coffee unevenly and produce a weak or uneven brew.
“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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