¹Vodka.
Dark-roasted coffee works best; my favorite coffee in the world comes from Ohori's in Santa Fe. Be sure to use whole beans.





²The author's meaning is clear, but his logic is confused. Just put it all in a cupboard where you'll forget about it for a while.





³Four weeks, or about the length of a lunar month. You can let it steep as long as you want, though. The longer, the stronger.





⁴For this step you can just use a colander.





⁵A strangely modern locution; or possibly a corruption by a later scholiast (that is, a college student who couldn't refrain from writing in his textbooks).





⁶A basket-style coffee filter works best.





⁷The total amount of sugar called for in the recipe is 13 oz., that is, one-and-a-half cups plus two tablespoons.





⁸I used two-and-a-half teaspoons.





⁹It is delicious!