A blog a day (#11)

 COFFEE

In my childhood, I never got a chance to taste coffee. In our home, coffee was for my parents. As children we used to get only 'kanji' made out of wheat and other ingredients. It was a filling morning drink and I never had any desire to have coffee. The interest and habit started when I joined college and was in the hostel. Morning coffee was a routine where we went to the mess in the ground floor and met other hostel-mates over the drink. It wasn't a great coffee, I realize now; but then the new found freedom to have what one wanted was magical!

I am somewhat of a coffee fanatic nowadays and like the South Indian filter coffee. Other ways to prepare coffee including the instant variety aren't anywhere near the taste of the freshly brewed coffee with milk and sugar! The less said about the Starbucks and CCD's the better. 

The above picture captures my thinking about coffee which is not the South Indian filter coffee!

The essential ingredients for a freshly brewed filter coffee are the following:

That's the coffee filter.

...and then you need this...the coffee powder.

Narasu's is just a brand that I got from the internet. Any brand is fine with me as long as there is no chicory mixed.

These two are more than enough to get the perfect brew that one needs in the morning. At home, I am the person getting up early for preparing the "decoction" and then enjoying my cup of coffee with a couple of biscuits.

Note: All images from internet