Coffee
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and brew
Ensure the coffee pot is clean.
Add coffee and 1 pint of cold water to the pot and heat on the stove.
When it begins to boil, add another ½ pint of cold water and return to the stove.
Once it boils again, add the final ½ pint of cold water and let it boil for 1 minute.
Hold and serve
Remove from heat and keep hot without boiling.
Just before serving, add 1 teaspoon of cold water.
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 flavour compounds that are extracted into the hot water.
- Water
- Acts as the solvent that draws flavour out of the coffee grounds during brewing.
The step that matters
Keep the coffee hot without boiling it again. Prolonged or repeated boiling over-extracts the coffee, pulling out bitter compounds and giving a harsher, more astringent taste. Holding it just below the boil keeps it hot while preserving a smoother flavour.
“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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