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SuiDhaaga said: ↑

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I made one mistake when I bought the necessities for making filter coffee. I got the tumbler but not the cup which the tumbler has to sit on.

Picture of the tumbler and cup: https://www.amazon.com/WONDERLIST-H...umbler&qid=1659329080&sprefix=,aps,128&sr=8-5

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Sorry. I tried it all and gave up! I have a nespresso and buy malabar pods

i had the same issue as you. The decotion was never thick or aromatic enough.
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Thank you @Laks09

I have mostly survived on tea and after drinking loads of coffee in India this time, I had to try it at home.

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oohh... are most of us on this forum south indians?
I have not suggestion but just the thought of a filter coffee feels like fresh early morning.

I had a friend who visited me in bangalore. She always called me before coming home to put some decoction ready. After a few months, my brother moved to bangalore too. So, I bought a new bigger filter. because almost every saturday afternoons they both turned up (along with few other tea lovers) and invariably asked for filter coffee, with no water. its 1/3rd decoction, 2/3rd milk, 1 spoon sugar. huhh... they were very demanding guests ha ha ... still loved them both.
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Thank you @sociallifein30s

1/3 decotion and 2/3 milk seems to be the consensus. The problem is I have whole milk which I dilute it normally. Might have to be trial and error in my case to find the right proportion.

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mmmmm.... I live for Filter Coffee !! Thank you for the opportunity to lecture about my favourite topic

1) The equipment
If you're buying for only yourself (or 2) - buy the small filter (south indian) or 2 cup Pigeon Xpresso Stainless Steel Coffee Percolator, 350ml

2) Using the equipment
I usually fill half (or little less than half) the top unit of the south indian filter OR fill the entire cup of the percolator ...
In the filter, dont press too much, just level it, keep the inside filter on top of the coffee powder and pour boiling water bit by bit till the top unit is full
In the percolator, as soon as the top unit is halfway, I switch off the gas, take the "first thick" coffee.
The 2nd time in both the filter and percolator - I use it to dilute if and when required (or for black coffee)
Both doesnt take more than 5 minutes - why do you need to do this overnight?

3) The blend
I prefer plain coffee without chicory - peaberry A - but I've found that it doesn't give me enough flavour
The coffee that I use - cothas coffee has chicory - 15%, which I prefer over Bru etc that has 40% chicory
Cothas coffee and Jaya coffee (west mambalam, chennai) works well with the filter but not with the percolator

But in the past 2-3 years, I have also tried Pristine Deccan Gold coffee (80:20 blend) - it works with both filter as well as percolator - but of course, be careful to take out thick decoction before adding more hot water ...

4) How to mix
a - For black coffee I just add hot boiling water (or 2nd decoction) to about 30-45 ml of the thick decoction
b - Add hot boiling milk (I use 3% milk - but without diluting) - previously unboiled so that the cream is not taken away or separated - this will give the foam - just as the boiling milk comes up, take it off the stove and mix with decoction -
I use about 30-45 ml of thick decoction and mix the foamy boiling milk (70-100 ml milk) and either mix it like the hotel guys or use a milk frother or the normal whisk to get the foam
If you want to dilute it, use the 2nd decoction instead of water.

c - Never heat the decoction directly - If decoction is not hot, use a double boiler - put the decoction in a tumbler and put the tumbler inside a vessel with water and boil the water - the decoction will get heated without becoming bitter - if you have excess, you can store it in the fridge and double boil as required.

d - sugar as required (1 tsp?) - I dont put sugar at all, I use milk only in the first coffee of the day or on special occasions

5) Extra Gyaaaaan
a - if you're not getting the decoction right while experimenting, dont waste it - I usually mix Bru instant or Continental Xtra (both are instant coffees that I use for sudden guests or sudden coffee cravings) along with the "thin/less flavoured" decoction - it will definitely be better than plain instant coffee

b - Tata Coffee Quick Filter 100g, Tin - We found this instant coffee close to filter coffee taste - I liked it as a stop gap, but my DH didnt agree with me, he found it bitter! So, it is at your risk

c - none of the new age almond, soya, coconut milk works with coffee - please keep them away or might as well have black coffee

Keep smiling and coffeeeeing
HR
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Wow, thank you Ma'm, that was both educational and enjoyable. I don't remember seeing the percolator in recent times and had totally forgotten that it existed.

I will need to come back time and again to your response here till I have the details you have shared ingrained. Truly valuable.

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Filter bottom would be perforated with holes tiny and tinier as you see in images of two filters I use at the same time for extracting strong decoction for making five to six tumblers of coffee. The perforation often needs to be cleared of clogs. I see spouse keep it inverted over nozzle of pressure cooker and emanating steam would clear the clogs. There are around varying size holes 80 to 90.
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The above brand in this pack gives ‘nice’ coffee powder and the decoction extracted using this powder will be thin but rich in flavour. You can see the blend ratio in the image.
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The cothas coffee powder in this pack would be coarse and extracted decoction using this powder would be thick .
The sugar not more than a spoonful per tumbler keeps the flavour intact.
Cane sugar too i use alternatively.
My or my spouse or my mother’s method:

Have a tumblerful clean water warmed up till the air bubbles raise and plop. Take care to remove this vessal of hot water from flame just when water about to boil. Do not use well water which is hard!
Bisleri too not good. Water from enrich Acqua guard is just ok.

While water is being warmed up, Wipe the filters clean with dry cloth. Slightly warm up over sim flame. Rest it over tumbler with flat base. If tumbler bottom face not flat put the tumbler itself in another holder that is flat.

Add first to ss filter two table spoonful of coarse coasta powder followed by another two spoonful Narsus coffee powder.
Now take out the filter from tumbler and gently very gently tap once on cooking platform so that powder in filter gets packed slightly lose not very dense. Put it back on ss tumbler.
Ensure water just boiled is transferred to filter in small drops for a while and allow water drench the piwder surface entirely. Never pour hot water into filter in a rush. Fill it gently intermittently only upto half of filter. Allow few moments say ten seconds. After two or three minutes, lift the filter gently holding tight bottom tumbler and you would see the strong decoction .
By repeating this process often one will get to know improvements required in this process.
Take A medium size ladle of decoction extracted in this manner - transfer it to another empty ss tumbler: add one teaspoonful of sugar white or cane. Toss this between tumblers. Decoction would turn foamy.

To this add add just boiled milk thrice using the same ladle that you used for measuring decoction. Watch for the colour as pour milk into the tumbler. Too much milk will diminish the coffee flavour. Now toss this entire mixture once or twice between tumblers. Your kumbakonam ° coffee ready. Cream floating on milk surface to be carefully shifted aside while taking out warm milk for coffee making.

Making coffee with these precise steps had made me a coffee man for all family members all mornings in my home. Aware and beware Serving °coffee harmonize the moods. I am fond of serving °coffee to my son in law, daughter, spouse and son in that order. In the mornings, for controlling sugar-in-blood, i first drink kashayam herbal drink and after a gap of one hour i take my cup of coffee

My late dad was a coffee addict and i heard him often say first coffee laxative and second third .. are luxurious!

While replying here, i am reminded of my narration about emergency uppuma coffee making in link
Spouse, Sambandhi & Uppuma

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Sir, thank you for that vivid description. As I sit reading it beyond midnight, I can smell the coffee you have described, see the steam evaporating and am craving for another cup at this moment.

Somehow you insistence of

The sugar not more than a spoonful per tumbler keeps the flavour intact.
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has stayed with me. Lot of fine tuned information in your response sir. Thank you for that. I learnt and enjoyed your response!

Will come back and share the results soon.

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As addedum to my previous response, i wish to state here about coffee - A thesis about coffee around the world - one can read encyclopaedic from the thread by il famous popular fellow member @Amulet
Amulet's Coffee

In chennai for lovers of coffee with out sugar C12 H22 O 11
Some restaurants charge extra. I questioned the supervisor of Saravana Bhawan in one if their branches, his answer surprised me. He said the sugar(powdered) stands added to the powder and then decoction extracted. For those ordering coffee, they have to get decoction extracted separately which is additional work and consumes extra time! Therefore they are compelled to charge more fir extra labour!

A friend of mine told a little brandy in a thin layer l ed on to this beverage and micro sipping it makes him at ease when he suffers severe cold. I haven’t tried!

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Thank you @MalStrom @PurpleRoses @SuiDhaaga @Laks09 @sociallifein30s @hrastro @Thyagarajan for sharing your knowledge on the topic.

I appreciate all of your advices as the thickness, color and taste was perfect.

(It might have been too perfect as I drank 4 cups between 7 AM and 11 AM, which I need to find a way of reducing )

Thank you all!!

Here is a picture which @SuiDhaaga asked for:

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Thoughtful said: ↑

Thank you @MalStrom @PurpleRoses @SuiDhaaga @Laks09 @sociallifein30s @hrastro @Thyagarajan for sharing your knowledge on the topic.

I appreciate all of your advices as the thickness, color and taste was perfect.

(It might have been too perfect as I drank 4 cups between 7 AM and 11 AM, which I need to find a way of reducing )

Thank you all!!

Here is a picture which @SuiDhaaga asked for:
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I loved the image and the froth over strong coffee in that ss tumbler in image. It is time IST 7.20AM TUESDAY here for my second coffee - a luxury said so by dad.
A vicarious sip of coffee offered in the image is heavenly.
Thanks.
Regards.
God Bless

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Thoughtful said: ↑

Thank you @MalStrom @PurpleRoses @SuiDhaaga @Laks09 @sociallifein30s @hrastro @Thyagarajan for sharing your knowledge on the topic.

I appreciate all of your advices as the thickness, color and taste was perfect.

(It might have been too perfect as I drank 4 cups between 7 AM and 11 AM, which I need to find a way of reducing )

Thank you all!!

Here is a picture which @SuiDhaaga asked for:
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How beautiful!

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For coffee best milk in usa read this thread

What is the best brand of milk for south indian decoction coffee????

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