Love filter coffee? Meet Chennai’s legacy coffee roasters | The Hindu 

So you are not in India ?

@@gopalakrishnans2003 I'm currently not in India. Soon will be settling back here.

Only the 2% of the population. Mostly,,,Brahmins.+ selected others. The Hindu one time world standard is “ English Murasoli” now !!! So also Ananda Vikatan group ,,,top executives,,all திராவிட,,சிந்தனை,,சிமிழ்கள் Majority say 50 % tea,,, Balance. It is luxury for them ,,,these coffe & tea. They till the soil,,raise the crops including so called Stimulants,,staple rice,,pulses,etc etc and no body ,,cares,,bothers about them,,the elite. When whole world was ,,taking shelter Corona,,COVID-19 they supplied,,,continuously,,fresh,,vegetables,,fruits,,& all grains. !!!! Introspect,,dispassionately,,correct the wrongs.

Filter coffee is unmatched. Unlike tea which is a simple recipe to make, the preparation of coffee is tough. The easiest way to make coffee is to use the simple South Indian metal filter which has almost mesh like holes at the bottom. Over the coffee powder when the boiling water is poured it drips through the powder slowly and ideally drop by drop. With each successive drop the concentration of decoction comes down. Normally the top part of filter which holds the powder is filled between 20 to 25%. The less percentage you fill, you will not get dripping but a useless liquid which will taste nowhere like coffee. Higher quantity of powder will delay dripping and the flavour will be lost. Also you need to keep the powder like a loose sand in a river bed. You can make a maximum of two fills of the top container by which time 95% of coffee juice will be extracted without tar. After that the residue can only be used as a cleaning paste for vessels and will be still acidic. Unlike tea decoction, which has a life of less than 10 minutes, coffee decoction at room temperature stays for 8 hours though its flavour will evaporate. The liquid kept in fridge will remain for 4 to 5 days. You can make cold coffee also with the same liquid but that will need extra sugar. Coffee is unique. It does not blend with any additive. The only two female persons it accepts as friends are low cream milk and white sugar. All others are untouchable for him. It is masculine as it can within minutes trigger your brain cells and mildly revive the heart. Therefore a good medicine and please check with medical board on its long term impact on central nervous system as it weakens it. You can use stainless steel or brass filter but in case of brass, make sure that your water is not acidic

@@karpasurya Thanks for taking time to explain it. I appreciate it! Yes, coffee is a stimulant and too much of it can cause palpitations, increased heart rate and even anxiety! lol That's why I only drink Americano in the morning and stick to decaf in the evenings :)

Filter coffee is quite widely available in America too these days..

@coolScience, having lived outside India for almost 3 decades I can confidently say, there is no match to filter coffee. The sad part is in India it is disappearing too. My grandmother used to prepare filter coffee, almost I could smell the coffee till the gate of the house. It was that good. as the gentleman in the video was saying, once you have that coffee it doesn't linger, but the satisfaction that you just had coffee stays. So coffee has done its job. I highly recommend try the filter coffee in your next visit. Good luck and God bless!

@@srini9653 Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to it!

Some prefer taste of chicory blended coffee, i too like chicory blended

Can't find both of them

@@neet319 yeah me neither

get their nos and ask them to delivery to ur adress, they will do with delivery charges

Yeah, espresso you meant!

Legend or no lengend. who are you as a Bengali to be commenting about coffee culture in south India. poking your nose into other people's culture. Little do u know about the history of coffee grown and consumption in south India. ? Do you guys have anything similar that is original?

@@quark31 bro cool.. but like aniz said is true ... every country has a differnt legends... we must accept ... but chikmangalur cofee is true i heard next to brazil but italy is best in roasting

@@quark31why are you getting offended bro? Everyone can have an opinion… no need for verbal attacks

Bs. I have traveled around Italy and the coffee you get there is pretty ordinary. Espresso is tolerable but nothing like the original Kumbhakonam degree coffee one gets in musical sabha. Nothing to beat Tamil Nadu filter coffee. Yes, I have various coffee beans from Arabica from Kenya to Brazil and yes, I have a very expensive home coffee machine ( over $2000) and yet, the filter coffee from TN beats them hollow. Nothing like my childhood coffee, the green beans got roasted inside the house, nicely grounded and made with fresh boiled milk and decoction.

That's wrong

That's wrong

You should try kumbhakonam degree coffee.

Agreed, I think you forgot our KSIC Mysore silk, best quality “silk crepe”sarees are woven by them with real gold zari.

@sujit's coding train lool good joke again. Tell you can't afford real coffee.

Adding chicory is not justifying adulteration. In India we drink coffee with milk. Chicory has sugars and when roasted has an caramelized flavor to it many prefer that flavor when consumer with milk.

Not really, it depends on whether you want your coffee to be on the thicker or thinner side in terms of consistency. Even coffee estate owners add chicory to their coffee if they want it to be thicker, personally I like my coffee with 10% chicory, anything more than that will take away from the coffee flavor.

believew, no proper roasting machinery, in iNdia, genetically very mediocre stock pf coffee plants. zero import of good genetic material. Indian cofee is horriible

Any specific reason?

@@pavankumarvakulabharanam6717 because coffee consumption reduces huger which inturn reduces the consumption of agricultural products,resulting in losses to the farmers and this situation results in farmers suicide...

Coffee producers also farmers

@@jegathees4895 am talking about the main food items,if you cannot have a coffee, u'll not die.

@@owaisamin2836 Coffee growers are not farmers? :)