South Indian Filter Coffee

Name: South Indian Filter Coffee
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons ground Indian filter coffee (dark roast, with chicory); 1 cup water; 1 cup whole milk (or plant-based milk); 2 teaspoons sugar (to taste)

A classic South Indian coffee known for its smooth, rich taste and frothy top. It’s made by brewing dark roast coffee (often blended with chicory) in a special metal filter to produce a strong decoction, which is then mixed with hot milk and sugar and often “metered” (poured back and forth) to aerate and create […]

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Ingredients

☕2 tablespoons ground Indian filter coffee (dark roast, with chicory)
☕1 cup water
☕1 cup whole milk (or plant-based milk)
☕2 teaspoons sugar (to taste)

Instructions

1Place the ground coffee in a South Indian coffee filter (metal drip brewer). Pour hot water (about 1 cup just off the boil) over the coffee grounds in the filter. Cover and let it slowly drip to yield a strong coffee concentrate (decoction). This may take several minutes.
2In a saucepan, bring milk to a boil, then reduce heat and keep it hot. Stir in sugar to dissolve (adjust sweetness as desired).
3Pour about 1/4 cup (or more, to taste) of the coffee decoction into a serving tumbler (or cup). Add about 3/4 cup of the hot milk into the coffee.
4To create the frothy top, carefully pour the mixed coffee and milk back and forth between two vessels (traditionally a stainless steel tumbler and bowl) from a slight height, a process called "metering." Do this a few times until the coffee is well-mixed and frothy.
5Serve the filter coffee hot in the traditional stainless steel tumbler set or any cup, with the aromatic froth on top.

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