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Bring water to a boil and turn off the heat.
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Leave the water for a while (the ideal temperature for brewing coffee is said to be 92 to 96C).
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Put some hot water in the drip coffee carafe, and swirl it around to warm.
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Put that hot water in a coffee mug to warm the mug too.
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Fold the seams of a paper coffee filter in alternate directions.
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(Fold the bottom towards you and turn over, then fold the other seam towards you, too.)
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Set the paper filter in a coffee dripper, put 2 spoonfuls of coffee, and shake lightly to level out the surface.
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Put the milk in a heatproof measuring cup.
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Heat in a microwave uncovered until it's about 70C.
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(Please adjust the microwaving time depending on your oven.
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Milk will foam up suddenly, so be careful.)
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Pour just enough hot water over the coffee grinds to moisten them (don't fill up the dripper) slowly, and then wait a while.
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This will moisten the coffee.
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When the coffee is moist, pour the hot water in a spiral over it slowly and gently.
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When the water reaches the top of the filter, stop pouring.
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Make sure to pour the hot water on the coffee, not directly on the filter.
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When there's still some water in the filter, add hot water one more time.
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When you have enough coffee, take the dripper off before the water in the filter is all gone.
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(The last bit of coffee that is brewed is bitter and ruins the aroma and flavor.)
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Take the warmed milk out of the microwave.
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Take out your milk foamer!
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You can buy them at 100 yen shops these days.
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Froth the milk!
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Frost the milk until it doubles in volume.
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Then just combine the coffee and foamy milk in whatever ratio you like (I like a 1:1 ratio), top the mug with more foam, and it's done.
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Please sweeten with sugar to taste.
