What is Indian Coffee and What Does it Taste Like?

Most of India drinks instant coffee. And it's apparently a terrible instant at that! On the other hand, if you were in the South of India, you would almost certainly find people drinking a strong cup of filtered coffee. Filter coffee is almost as strong as the Espresso, and is made with a two tear vessel with drain holes in the bottom.

Want to make a simple filter coffee? Here's how you do it.

It's is a fairly simple process, so just follow along. Using finely ground coffee beans and remembering not to grind them too much as very finely ground coffee will clog the holes in the bottom of the vessel, fill the top 'story' and add boiling water filling to the top. Next heat the whole unit, adding milk and sugar to taste - roughly about two teaspoons per person.

You could serve your coffee right now, but this would only equal to taste and flavour of the coffee made in the North of India. And remember, that's not too tasty!

However, if you want a really great tasting filter coffee, there is one more thing you need to do. And this is the main difference between the coffee brewed in the North of India, verses the brew served in the South of the country. This difference is the aeration process. While most Indian coffee served by vendors in the street would probably be done this way, the chances are if you mentioned the 'aeration process' to the vendor, they wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about.

However, the process is really simple. These guys are actually 'scientists' of a sort, pure genius! Once they had finished the 'brewing' phase, they pour the coffee from one vessel to another, several times, back and forth. And this simple idea is what makes the Indian (filtered) coffee a great coffee, not just a nice coffee!

This really brings out the flavour, by aerating the brew and is the most important part of the process. As simple as it sounds, 'just adding air' this really puts the flavour into your cup of coffee. If its made correctly, you will have a delightful cup of full flavoured coffee, with a head of bubbles on top.

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