Filter coffee is the freshly brewed coffee served with hot milk. A thick aromatic decoction is made with coffee/chicory mix and served with hot foamy milk. Sweeten to you taste and sip warm.
Course other
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Coffee, Degree Coffee, Filter Kaapi, South Indian Filter Coffee
Author Syama
Ingredients
For Decoction
3TbspCoffee PowderNotes
½CHot water
For Coffee
1CMilk Full fat
Sugar as needed
Instructions
Set the filter with the containers stacked. Add coffee powder to the filter. Place the press on top and press down to lightly pack the powder in. Pour the hot water over the press. Cover with lid and let the coffee percolate.
Bring the milk to a boil on stove top. Add sugar (optional) to the serving cup. Pour 1 to 2 tbsp decoction over it and top of with milk. Adjust the milk, decoction, and sugar to your taste.
Take another cup and pour the drink back and forth between 2 cups. This mixes the ingredients and aerates the coffee creating the foam. Serve!
Notes
The coffee powder used is usually a mix of ground arabic and robusta beans (equal parts) and 10 to 40 % of chicory. See blog for more.