Du Tour
- coffee powder in coffee-pot with boiling water is made in france using ratio of two ounces and a half powder to two pounds or two English pints of water about the middle of the nineteenth century ⟨France, mid-nineteenth century⟩
Let the powder be poured into the coffee-pot filled with boiling water, in the proportion of two ounces and a half to two pounds, or two English pints of water.
judge verdicts (2)
- groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly supported by the passage. Du Tour's description explicitly states the exact ratio of coffee powder to water (two ounces and a half to two pounds or two English pints of water) for making coffee in France during the mid-nineteenth century, and the passage provides the direct quote confirming this specification.
- qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint is correctly attributed to Du Tour (the French naturalist named in the passage). The stance of 'asserts' accurately reflects how the passage presents Du Tour's description. The sentiment is appropriately neutral for a factual procedural description. The time qualifiers ('about the middle of the nineteenth century' with normalized dates 1840-1860) match the passage's temporal frame. The context 'France, mid-nineteenth century' is faithful to the passage's restriction of this method to France during that period. The quote is verbatim from the passage and directly supports the claim about the water-to-powder ratio.