Filter kaapi
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Strong coffee decoction dripped through a brass or steel filter, mixed with frothy hot milk and sugar and poured between a tumbler and dabarah.
Region: Tamil Nadu, with Kumbakonam especially famousOccasion: Morning and evening, every dayTime: 20 minServes: 2Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp coffee powder (coffee with 10–20% chicory, or pure coffee)
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1½ cups full-cream milk
- 2–3 tsp sugar
Method
- Put the coffee powder in the top chamber of the filter and press it lightly with the plunger.
- Pour the boiling water over it, close the lid and let the decoction drip into the lower chamber for 15 minutes.
- Boil the milk.
- In a tumbler, add sugar and ¼ cup of decoction, then fill with hot milk.
- Pour the coffee back and forth between the tumbler and the dabarah (a wide bowl) from a height to cool it and raise a froth.
History
Coffee spread from the hills of Karnataka and the Nilgiris into Tamil homes and became the morning drink of Tamil Nadu in the 20th century. Kumbakonam's 'degree coffee' made with fresh milk is especially well known.
Significance
Making the morning filter coffee is a daily ritual in many Tamil homes, and the steel tumbler and dabarah are a symbol of Tamil hospitality.