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How to make the perfect South Indian Filter Coffee

We think that the world is divided into 2 types of people – tea drinkers and coffee drinkers. Well, the cutting chai and filter coffee are actually the ones that create a prominent divide as these drinks have managed to form an emotional bond that has lasted for decades!

 Let me set the scene – it’s a calm Sunday morning and you wake up to the smell of divine coffee decoction. You open your eyes just to spot the brass davara set beside the bed. You take the first sip and taste the filter coffee that passes through the fluffy foam. ‘Would I ever taste anything better ?’, you wonder. This steamy, aromatic filter coffee forms a very essential part of most South Indian households. Preparing filter coffee is like an art that is not the easiest to master. We are here to make things easier for you by taking you through a detailed step-by-step guide on how to make your cup of filter coffee.

The first step is to select the type of roasted and ground coffee beans you want to use to brew the perfect Filter Kaapi. Every home has its mix of roasted and ground  coffee powder to chicory ratio. The most used ratio is 80% coffee along with 20% chicory. However, one can always alter the ratio and use 70% coffee with 30% chicory or even can use 90% coffee with 10% chicory depending on how creamy and intensely flavored you want your filter coffee to be! Kaaveri coffee offers many of these variants or even has its instant filter coffee decoction- now in flavors like French vanilla and Irish hazelnut even!

The main equipment used here is the South Indian coffee press also known as the traditional filter/percolator. This equipment consists of two compartments. The upper compartment is filled with tiny holes in the bottom and this is where the coffee powder is placed. The lower compartment is the decoction collector. Take about 3 to 4 teaspoons of your desired coffee powder and press it down in the upper compartment. Now pour ½ a cup of boiling water after placing the upper compartment over the lower one and set this aside after closing its lid. After 20 minutes, you can open up the apparatus to see a deep brown, rich and intense decoction collected in the decoction collector. You can even let the decoction drip into the collector overnight so you would obtain a good amount of decoction.

Now the last step is to heat 1 glass of milk, this can be either full-fat milk or toned milk but full-fat milk is what adds to the creaminess with some good old froth on the top! Also, add sugar as per your taste. So go ahead and pour the decoction into a glass and add the milk on top. Voila, there we have our piping hot cup of South Indian Filter coffee!

In today’s day and age, there are little cafes and coffee shops on every street. serving all types of international coffees, we have our humble cup of filter coffee that brings back all our best memories with our favorite coffee!