Traditional Style Strong Filter Coffee Recipe

 

Filter coffee, more popularly known as Kaapi in South India, is brewed in a metal device, resulting in a much stronger coffee flavor. It owes its strong taste to the added chicory, which is a seed with a taste, similar to coffee when roasted. It is added to powdered coffee to make it last longer and also to enhance the taste.

credit:party image referenceIngredients Required:

• coffee powder
• hot water
• milk
• sugar(according to your taste)

How to achieve Kumbakonam style filter Kaapi:

1. Choose a filter coffee powder of your choice. More chicory gives you a stronger drink. I've used a powder with 60% coffee and 40% chicory. Add 1-1.5 tablespoons of coffee powder to a stainless steel filter and top it with hot water. Close the lid and let the decoction drip for 15-20 minutes.

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2. Meanwhile, boil your milk (or water, if you prefer black coffee). Take a tumbler and add 20-30 ml of the decoction and a teaspoon of sugar (adjust sugar according to your palette). To this, add the hot milk.

3. Now onto the mixing and the frothy top. Take a coffee mug and pour the coffee from the tumbler to the mug.

credit:party image referenceRepeat this a few times and voilà, your traditional cup of filter coffee is ready.