FILTER COFFEE - WHY IT IS SO SPECIAL?

 

Not only on International coffee day, Chennai wakes up in want of coffee with huge praises for it aroma, consistency, and the energy the Chennaities get after having  a cup of hot filter coffee can't be put into words. Such is the love and power of coffee in Chennai.

Whether it is homemade or from a road side stall, coffee is coffee. WE the Chennaities refreshed with  a coffee after a hard day . Usually at to three coffee is consumed by the people of the city especially by senior citizens. 

one at 5.30am and the other at 11.00am and the other one at 5pm. There are many who have more than these number of coffees. Coffee is mingled with our lives in such a way  that a day without it is unimaginable. Fasting or dieting coffee takes stays in routine. Many carry their home made to coffee to office in flask  for the taste and freshness which they feel they alone can prepare.

Filter coffee is the traditional way of preparing coffee. In the early days, the coffee powder is only brought from INDIA COFFE WORKS. Brass or stainless steel filter is highly used at homes, though coffee makers and even coffee machines are in the run.

SIMPLE TIPS TO PREPARE DECOCTION & COFFEE

1. TWO SPOONS OF COFFEE POWDER

2, POUR OVER IT 1 CUP OF BOILING HOT WATER

 3. CLOSE THE LID

4. LEAVE IT FOR 10 MINUTTES

5. DECOCTION IS READY AND WILL BE COLLECTED IN THE BOTTOM CONTAINER OF            THE FILTER.

6. TAKE HOT THICK MILK (UNDILUTED) IN A TUMBLER

7. POUR THE DECOCTION OVER IT (IT DEPENDS ON THE THICK /STRONG COFFEE YOU          WANT)

8. THE  STRONG COFFEE HAS LESS MILK AND MORE DECOCTION .WHERE AS LIGHT              COFFEE GOES WITH MORE MILK AND LESS DECOTION.

9. ADD LITTLE or REQUIRED SUGAR.

10. MIX WELL USING A DABARA AND TUMBLER. PIPPING HOT FILTER COFFEE IS READY. 

NARASUS & LEO are the old and famous  filter coffee brands in Tamil Nadu. 

COFFEE PLANTAIONS IN TAMILNADU:

Robusta Coffee is  produced in Pulneys, Nilgris, Salem and Coimbatore regions in Tamil Nadu. Pulneys is the largest coffee producing region in the state with a production of more than 7,600 Metric Tones.

THE MAIN SECRET OF BEST COFFEE IS CHICORY:

A little Chicory( roasted and ground woody plant)is added to the coffee powder. This gives filter coffee it's aroma and color. 80% coffee 20 % chicory is most preferred by many coffee connoisseurs.

COLOUR OF THE COFFEE:

 Raw coffee “beans” are green; roasted beans range from light brown to dark brown to black. That's why roasted beans make the brown coffee we all know and love! A coffee bean's final color before it is grounded depends on the roasting process.

Roasting is an important process and it contributes  a lot in the best coffee. Experts say The rich satisfying sensation of coffee is almost entirely due to the volatile compounds produced when we roast coffee beans. Roasting should be done with caution and care so as to sip a fine coffee.

Filter coffee and its magnificent role and the way it developed an affinity with the people of Tamil Nadu is quite larger than any human bonding.

 Don't stop with this, Read here some facts you didn't know about coffee: : https://www.theblogchatter.com/BeStorified/trends/facts-you-didnt-know-about-coffee/

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