Coffee, to Make
Ingredients
Directions
Place the coffee in the coffee chamber of a French press.
Pour boiling water over the coffee.
Allow the coffee to percolate through the strainer.
Let it stand for a few minutes until clear.
Stir well 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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Freshly-ground coffee
- Provides the flavour compounds that hot water extracts during steeping.
The step that matters
Let it stand for a few minutes until clear. Standing lets fine grounds settle so the brew clears. Steeping time controls extraction: too short gives weak, cloudy coffee, while too long draws out bitter compounds.
“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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