Making Filter Coffee

As described by Anu Anniah, who makes amazing filter coffee! 😍 This came out so well - and I have never made filter coffee before. 

What you need

1. Coffee powder
2. Milk
3. Steel tumblers
4. A coffee filter
5. Sugar

Coffee Powder

• Mix Cothas Specialty Blend Coffee Powder + Suma Coffee Powder, equal quantities

Making the Decoction

1. Place the perforated part of the filter on top of the regular container. Don't fit it too tight. (Keep slightly slanted.) Might be hard to disengage later due to the heat.
2. Depending on the size of the filter, add several heaped spoons of coffee power into the perforated vessel. You will learn exactly how much over time. Must experiment. For now, maybe add enough to cover one third of the container. Don't pack it tightly.
3. Now place the tongue-like thingie on top of the powder and gently press it. Not much. Just gently.
4. Boil water.
5. Start adding is sl..ooow…ly into the percolator. Add maybe upto 3/4th of the container.
6. Let the unit sit undisturbed.
7. Again, this part comes with practice.
8. You may need to check the consistency of the decoction collected and add more water.
9. I like my decoction to be strong. When I pour it into a different vessel, light should not pass through it. It should be that thick.
10. What you can do is transfer what is collected to a different bottle. Then add a little water. Check for thickness. If it feels thick, add it to the bottle. Repeat until the decoction is thin and u can see light passing through.
11. With strong decoction, you will need less to make good coffee and it tastes better. Obviously, because there is less water to dilute the coffee.

Making the Coffee

1. Boil milk as needed
2. Keep glasses ready
3. Add sugar/jaggery to the milk and mix as it boils
4. If sugarless, then skip above step
5. Add fresh decoction into the waiting glasses. Add about 3 spoons and adjust later depending on strongness needed
6. NEVER add decoction to the milk while it boils
7. Once the milk boils, use a filter to eliminate the cream and add the milk into the waiting glass
8. Immediately use an empty glass to do up and down and generate froth. This will also tell you if extra decoction is needed. Add.
9. Do up and down
10. Serve hot and frothy in steel glasses (no fancy ceramic mugs for filter coffee please!)

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