South Indian filter coffee comes second on TasteAtlas’ top 10 coffees worldwide; here’s an easy recipe to try

The following recipe was shared by Dassana Amit. All you need is 3 teaspoons of ground coffee, 1 cup water, 3/4th cup milk and 2 teaspoons of sugar. For the coffee decoction, take the coffee filter and fit the top vessel on the lower one. Place 3 teaspoons of ground coffee in the vessel with the perforations. Spread out the coffee evenly and gently with either a spoon or your fingers. Next, place the pressing disc with the handle on the coffee. Pour 1 cup of boiling hot water until the vessel is almost full. Cover this with a lid and wait for at least 10 minutes, letting the water gently pass to the lower vessel.

When your coffee decoction is brewed, heat 3/4th cup milk of your choice and bring it to a boil. In a tumbler, the glass, add the sugar followed by 1/3rd cup of boiling hot milk. You can strain the malai if you don’t enjoy it in your coffee. On top of this mixture, pour 1/3rd cup of your brewed coffee. If you prefer stronger coffee, add more according to your taste. Now let’s move on to serving this delicious beverage. Take a dabra, or dabarah, which is a small wide vessel used to cool coffee. Pour the coffee from the tumbler to the dabra and vice versa till your sugar is dissolved and a layer of foam is formed on top. Do this a few times and serve!