The art of making Filter Coffee

This post shows the step-by-step process of making Filter Coffee at home.




This is how the filter looks like.


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Show the top filter over the flame. This will open the holes underneath that filter making the essence to come faster and thicker.



After heating, put 3 tspns of Coffee powder( Preferred Madras Coffee day's , coffee powder). Others should be okay. and press with that pressholder lightly to make sure that the powder is evenly distributed.






Boil water in a separate pan and pour little by little, so that the decoction comes down thicker. ( P.S: Don't pour very fast - That will only drop the water to get down in to the bottom layer of the filter not the decoction).Continously pour little by little and make sure that the bottom filter is filled with the decoction.

3 tsps of coffee powder should be enough for two people. It depends on the filter coffee size too. Medium one will be okay for two-three people.




You can see the water is filled at the top filter.




The decoction is dripping from the top filter to the down filter. Decoction is just the essence of the powder and in the liquid form.


Once the decoction is filled, heat the milk separetly and pour it in the Dabara tumbler with sugar added.





Hot Coffee is served with the froth on the top!!! Wana coffee???

To get that froth, pour milk from the reasonable distance without spilling it.

The Hindu paper and Filter Coffee

What a beautiful combination!!! Filter coffee and Hindu paper. Still my dad, follows that with a little bit of change. Instead of The Hindu paper, he goes for The Hindu , Website :-)Nothing comes like paper, he comments.

Both the things are hot and to be consumed simultaneously. There is always something special about the south indian filter coffee. Usually, it is served in the dabara tumbler which followed...well, couple of years before. Mugs, cups came when I was in teen age. Its always a tradition to drink in this dabara tumbler and the froth which comes up doesn't match today's espresso or lattes or even cappuccino.

Especially,when mom gives you the coffee in the early morning (Ofcourse after brushing teeth)...The aroma itself calls you in to the diving world. Adding the coffee powder in to the filter and getting the essence of it is a very big task and its a art too!After being trained by my mother to make the decoction, i finally hit the right formula to make it strong.Now, am ready to demonstrate you how to make a realy fresh filter coffee...in the next post.