An old term for the process of straining or filtering liquid through a cloth or sieve.
From Old French 'colage' and Latin 'colatio,' derived from 'colare' meaning 'to filter.' The term originally referred to practical kitchen work of separating solids from liquids.
Before coffee filters existed, 'colage' was how people separated wine from sediment or broth from solids—a word for everyday kitchen magic that shaped how we still talk about filtering today.
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