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Black, or After-dinner Coffee

A coffee brewed by passing freshly boiled water through grounds three times, served black with optional sugar.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Black, or After-dinner Coffee

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Brew the coffee by running the freshly boiled water through the coffee grounds three times using a filter.

  2. Serve in small cups with sugar on the side for those who want it.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

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

Freshly ground coffee
Provides the main flavour and aroma of the drink.

“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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