One has to acquire taste for this.. My love for this beverage once sent me to find the perfect way to make "south indian filter coffee" in the Land of Milk and Honey with local grocery store ingredients. Though I am no longer enthusiastic to make it on my own, thought I will share my learnings.
Equipment:
No.. innovation does not work here. Go for the traditional two deck cylinder version. I had some what similar filter in a kettle shape and it ruined everything despite having the authentic coffee mixture.
Ingredients
At the grocery store coffee section, Eight-o-clock 100% columbian coffee beans ground at "Turkish"/Finest grind level. I prefer Eight-o-clock hands down over other brands.
Indian coffee has a mix of coffee and chicory at 70/30 (Green Label has 55:45 ratio). Chicory, primarily an adulterant, has good taste, makes the decoction thicker(so less required to make your coffee strong). I personally prefer to not have
chicory at all; hence have to use more coffee to get the thickness I desire.
If you like chicory, you will find in the coffee section, grind it along with the coffee beans.
Preparation
Key important steps:
(1) Heat milk on the stove with sugar(the milk will look more frothy) and also gives the ability to heat the milk to a very high temperature ; this tastes better than microwaved milk.
(2) Aeration : after you take decoction in a cup and pour the heated sugared milk into the cup, and do what the Nair tea wala does(Pouring from one cup to another with sufficient distance between the two cups in one vertical line). This will bring some froth to the top of the cup, but brings out the taste.
I like my filter coffee, sweet and bitter. How about you ?:)
Now a days, I like my coffee "drip" style from freshly ground house blend beans (mild). House blend/breakfast blend is usually served only at breakfast time in coffee shops.
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