How to Make the Perfect Dominican Coffee (Greca and Colador)

Learn how to make the perfect Dominican coffee with the two traditional coffee methods. Coffee good enough to impress la abuela.

📝 Ingredients

• 3/4 cup ground Dominican coffee ([44 grams])
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg ((optional))
• Sugar (to taste)
• 3/4 cup ground Dominican coffee ([44 grams])
• 4 cups boiling water ([1 liter])
• Sugar ((to taste))

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- 1. Add ---
2. 2Add: In a large espresso greca (enough for 4 espresso cups), fill water below the valve (1⅓ cups) in the lower water recipient.Add coffee to the middle coffee basket, packing if necessary to keeping at an even level. Add the nutmeg and press to even it.
3. 3--- 2. Boil ---
4. 4Boil: Assemble the coffee maker, screwing the top tightly.Place on a stable burner and boil over medium heat until the coffee stops rising.
5. 5--- 3. Serve ---
6. 6Serve with sugar to taste.
7. 7--- 1. Prepare ---
8. 8Prepare: Put the ground coffee in the bag ("sock") and place it on the base. Place a pitcher under to catch the coffee as it brews.Pour the boiling water into the sock until it has all drained into the pitcher.
9. 9--- 2. Serve ---
10. 10Serve with sugar to taste.