Recipe and source notes

Coffee Concentrate

8–10 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground coffee OR coffee and chicory blend
  • 3.5 quarts mineral water

Make it step by step

  1. Add coffee grounds to a jar.
  2. Pour mineral water over grounds, stirring only to ensure all coffee is wet.
  3. Let mixture stand for 10–12 hours (best to let it sit over night).
  4. Line sieve with cheesecloth and place over another jar. Pour coffee mixture into sieve, allowing grounds to collect.
  5. Discard coffee grounds and store coffee concentrate in the refrigerator. It will keep for 2–3 weeks.
  6. To prepare coffee from concentrate, use a ratio of concentrate:water of 1:2 or 1:3 depending on taste.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Wikibooks Cookbook by Wikibooks contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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