Coffee (The Way to Make It)
Origin: Buenos Aires
Source: Carmen Gorriti de Montes, 1890
Ingredients
- coffee (café)
- 3 cucharadas (spoonfuls) cold water
- hot water
Instructions
- Half an hour before serving, with the coffee set between the sieves, pour 3 spoonfuls of cold water over the grounds to moisten them.
- Pour the hot water slowly, in three emissions, to release the perfume.
- Roast the coffee carefully, stopping when the grain is coated in its natural oil; cool it spread between cloths and store stoppered.
- Grind only at the moment of making it for the fullest aroma.