In article >,
Vesper > wrote:
> You are one of the reasons I am coming to love this group. Thanks for
> the extract idea.
>
> V

Thank you; you're very kind.

Maybe 35 years ago my dead niece had some fancy gizmo for doing the
selfsame thing. This requires no equipment other than a good-size jar.
The one I used was, I'm guessing, about 1-1/2 to 2 quarts capacity.
Straining it was kind of a pain in that I had to do it in a few steps.

I'm thinking that next time (I'm pretty sure there will be a next time)
I'll pour it through a fine-mesh strainer before filtering through a
coffee filter or three.

The quantities I used produced about a pint of extract; the coffee
grounds really soaked up the water. Give it a try. Heck, there's no
reason you couldn't reduce the proportions even more.
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