Coffee is an experience. A hug in a mug. The preparation, taste, aroma of the South Indian filter coffee, is an art and an experience in itself.
Watch this coffee pouring video in full-screen for the best experience.
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Coffee is an experience. A hug in a mug. The preparation, taste, aroma of the South Indian filter coffee, is an art and an experience in itself.
I love coffee, and especially when it comes to Indian coffee, I love the South Indian style prepared filter coffee.
A friend had gifted the filter a few years back, which I have used only a couple of times so far. Another friend recently gifted a nice coffee from The Ship and the Whale Coffee Roaster I had kept that packet in the food pantry and every time I walked in, the aroma of the coffee compelled me to try that coffee. And so I did.
Sometimes I don’t try out new recipes or blog about my favorite recipes is because I am always improvising and feel like if it’s not perfect and that I may not be able to do justice and give respect to the recipe that it deserves 🙂
This time, I just decided to blog about it anyways. Tried a few cool shots with my iPhoneX and so here it is. By no means, I am an expert at making filter coffee, but liked the taste of this one quite a bit and so sharing it the way I made it.
South Indian style filter coffee powder has chicory content in it. That is what gives it that typical filter coffee taste.
Grateful to my Ritabhabhi (my sister-in-law) for helping me shoot the coffee pouring video 🙂
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons Ground coffee powder
- 1 ¼ cup Milk (use non-dairy milk for vegan version)
- ¾ teaspoon Sugar/honey (optional)
- ¾ cup Water
Instructions
- Assemble the filter, open the lid. Put 4 tablespoons of coffee powder in the upper chamber of the filter. Compress it to the maximum using the pressing disc that comes along with the filter.
- Boil ¾ cup of water. Gradually pour the water on top of the coffee powder and let it seep through in the bottom chamber of the filter. It will take a few minutes.
- Heat milk. Add sugar / honey (optional). The lesser the sweetness, the better, as it really brings out the taste of awesome coffee. Bring it to a boil and turn off the heat.
- Divide the coffee concoction into 2 cups. Pour the milk through a strainer in each of these cups. Straining is optional, but for me, it’s a must as I do not like the malai/cream which forms as a result of boiling the milk. Pour it as shown in the video. That will ensure you get nice and frothy coffee with lots of bubbles on top.
Enjoy 🙂
Notes
Generally South Indian coffee tastes best when there is at least 20% of chicory in the coffee. I didn’t have that version on hand, and had been meaning to use the one I had – ‘The Ship and the Whale Coffee Roaster‘ ground coffee powder – hence I used that one.
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