To Make Coffee— Family
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Grind the coffee coarsely, like oatmeal.
Brew
Place the ground coffee in a pot with cold water and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, remove from heat and keep hot without boiling.
Clarify and serve
A few minutes before serving, add ½ cup of cold water to clarify.
Let it sit for half an hour before pouring off.
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 flavor compounds that dissolve into the hot water.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that extracts flavor from the coarse grounds.
- Cold water
- Added near the end to help the grounds settle, so the liquid pours off clearer.
The step that matters
Keep hot without boiling. Once coffee has come to a boil, letting it boil again over-extracts bitter compounds and can make the cup harsh, so heat must be removed and held below a boil.
“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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