COFFEE BREWING: THE INDIAN WAY
A GUIDE TO THE MOST APPRECIATED INDIAS FINEST BEVERAGE.


A coffee remembers where it came from and how it was raised: the soil, the weather, the processing, and the roasting all are recorded in the bean. Coffee in the cup is the short lived snapshot of that history, and brewing is the developmental bath. Coffee can be brewed as thin as tea or as thick as porridge-each is considered the perfect cup by their devotees. The brewing options offer different alternatives to interpreting the same roasted beans.

The Indian Filter Coffee also known as Madras Filter Coffee is a sweet milky coffee made from medium to dark roasted coffee beans. Coffee is something of a cultural icon in Tamilnadu and Karnataka cultures. It is customary to offer a cup of coffee to any visitor.

This frothy, aromatic, sweetish Indian filter coffee symbolizes the coffee culture of India, especially in Southern parts of India. It occupies a special place in the hearts of coffee aficionados in India and raises the need to drink more and more; cup after cup.

Does the day’s first cup of coffee give you the same feeling?

Well, use these brewing essentials to improve that first cup to ‘The Cup that Cheers’

PREPARATION OF INDIAN FILTER COFFEE

(Serves 2-3)

BREWING REQUIREMENTS:

ROAST Medium
GRIND SIZE Medium - Fine *
COFFEE TO WATER RATIO 1: 10
TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER 920C – 960C


THE PROCEDURE

  • Fix the top vessel of the filter on the lower one.
  • Remove the plunger from the upper vessel of the filter.
  • Add medium-fine ground*, 20 g (4 tsp) of fresh Roasted Coffee powder.
  • Prepare a uniform bed of powder and moisten the ground with little water.
  • Insert the plunger down & pour 200 ml of freshly boiled water over the plunger.
  • Allow it to brew for 4-6minutes. Wait for the brewing cycle to conclude. Do not disturb the extraction process in between.
  • Remove the upper vessel and pour out the extract obtained from the lower vessel into the cups.
  • Add fresh hot milk and sugar (Optional). Alternatively, the coffee extract can be added to fresh hot milk in cups. For a great cup of Indian filter coffee, use 60 ml milk to 60 ml of coffee extract.
  • Serve coffee immediately after brewing. Never reheat brewed coffee.

*Neither too fine nor coarsely ground.
250g of coffee powder makes 33 cups of great coffee.

BREWING THE BEST

  1. Start with freshly roasted coffee
  2. Match the grind of the coffee to the type of brewer
  3. Use fresh, cold water
  4. Use an established brewing formula (coffee-to-water ratio)
  5. Ensure the brewing water reaches the correct temperature
  6. Remove grounds immediately
  7. Wait for the brewing cycle to conclude
  8. Serve coffee immediately after brewing
  9. Never reheat brewed coffee
  10. Regularly clean all equipment

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE BEST OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE INDIAN FILTER

Sl No CAPACITY OF THE BREWER QUANTITY OF COFFEE POWDER (g) AREA OF THE BASE OF THE BREW BASKET (cm2) CIRCUM FERENCE (cm) DIAMETER OF THE BREW BASKET (cm) HEIGHT OF THE BREW BASKET (cm) NUMBER OF PERFORATIONS SIZE OF THE PERFORATIONS (mm)
1 2 Cups 20 28 19 6 7.5 80 1
2 4 Cups 40 56 38 12 15 160 1


The following are the guidelines to manufacture an Indian Filter capable to deliver Filter Coffee of desirable flavour.

  • THICKNESS OF THE STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL = 0.5mm
  • NUMBER OF PERFORATIONS PER UNIT AREA = 3/sq cm
  • EXTRA HEIGHT FOR THE BREW BASKE =THE GIVEN HEIGHT IN THE TABLE +1 cm
  • FOOD GRADE STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL.