Aninsomniac showed me this article on how filter coffee became popular in South India- it was a shock to me to know that there hadnt been coffee in Madras since civilization arose there!If you see how integral a part of every day life the famous South Indian filter coffee is , its hard to believe that after cultivating it for the British for years, we finally discovered the joys of coffee only as they left.
The addiction caught on pretty fast though- theres a story in my ancestral village goes about the cow that was accidentally fed coffee and then got so addicted to it that she would be bad-tempered and difficult to milk in the mornings until she had had her daily dose. I must say she's a creature after my own heart!
Indian coffee is a fine espresso-like blend of a dark roast bean cultivated in the hilly regions of South India with the chicory plant bean - its prepared in a special stainless steel filter and then mixed in equal parts with hot milk and lots of sugar.Marriages, religious ceremonies of all kinds, pretty much any occasion in South India have a constant supply of coffee in little stainless steel cups being served to the entire participating population
JPS introduced us to the joys of Puerto Rican coffee, after he himself got addicted to it - the Puerto Rican coffee is also a dark roast blend but is generally more coarsely ground. In Puerto Rico, it was used to be made in the old-fashioned way with a cloth filter but it tastes just as good in an Italian-style percolator...cant wait to experience it when I go there in September!!!!!!
I appreciate drinking coffee with just a drop of cream or half-and-half after I started drinking the Caribou filter coffee Kamakuras makes in his house- milk masks the flavour of a lot of coffees that are not very dark-roasted.
Over the past few months we have exchanged our tastes for coffees which has contributed to an increasing appreciation of the good stuff and a decreasing appetite for commercialised mediocrities. Some of our updated rules of membership:
1. Never go to Starbucks unless you are getting a free drink
2. If you see a Starbucks in a neighbourhood you are not far from a good coffee place - don't stop till you find it!
The addiction caught on pretty fast though- theres a story in my ancestral village goes about the cow that was accidentally fed coffee and then got so addicted to it that she would be bad-tempered and difficult to milk in the mornings until she had had her daily dose. I must say she's a creature after my own heart!
Indian coffee is a fine espresso-like blend of a dark roast bean cultivated in the hilly regions of South India with the chicory plant bean - its prepared in a special stainless steel filter and then mixed in equal parts with hot milk and lots of sugar.Marriages, religious ceremonies of all kinds, pretty much any occasion in South India have a constant supply of coffee in little stainless steel cups being served to the entire participating population
JPS introduced us to the joys of Puerto Rican coffee, after he himself got addicted to it - the Puerto Rican coffee is also a dark roast blend but is generally more coarsely ground. In Puerto Rico, it was used to be made in the old-fashioned way with a cloth filter but it tastes just as good in an Italian-style percolator...cant wait to experience it when I go there in September!!!!!!
I appreciate drinking coffee with just a drop of cream or half-and-half after I started drinking the Caribou filter coffee Kamakuras makes in his house- milk masks the flavour of a lot of coffees that are not very dark-roasted.
Over the past few months we have exchanged our tastes for coffees which has contributed to an increasing appreciation of the good stuff and a decreasing appetite for commercialised mediocrities. Some of our updated rules of membership:
1. Never go to Starbucks unless you are getting a free drink
2. If you see a Starbucks in a neighbourhood you are not far from a good coffee place - don't stop till you find it!
>:)
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