If you’re visiting Chennai, then tasting Filter Coffee is the nice experience for you. South Indian Coffee also known as Madras Filter Coffee is especially popular in the southern states and especially in Tamil Nadu. People of Karnataka are also fond of filter coffee. The credit of popularizing filter coffee or “degree’ coffee must go to South India, especially in the Tamil society.
The filter coffee is made from dark roasted coffee beans (70%-80%) and chicory (20%-30%). The most commonly used coffee beans are Peaberry, Arabica, Malabar and Robusta grown in the hills of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Coffee preparation is an art. First of all the chosen coffee beans is roasted to preserve the original aroma. These roasted beans are powdered and the flavour of rich ground coffee powder is used to make filter coffee. Even at this age there are households who use hand operated coffee grinding machines. Now let us prepare filter coffee. To start with boil the water very hot and bubbly. Coffee maker (filter) is set with the required spoons freshly ground coffee powder. With a gentle tap, boiling water poured in a circular motion. The filter is covered with the lid immediately. The coffee decoction drips slowly. Later fresh milk (not diluted) is boiled. With required sugar coffee decoction is added and then hot milk is poured into davara – tumbler. The aromatic coffee is ready.
A cup of Filter Coffee is the most refreshing thing for any one. It should be served too hot with the right amount of sugar and coffee decoction. Now close your eyes and breath deeply to smell the aroma of the steaming coffee. Slightly sip the coffee and enjoy the taste. What ever may be the spiraling cost, you may not ready to leave the habbit drinking Madras filter coffee.
Now it is our filter coffee time. How about a cup of Filter coffee?
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