Sunit's Super Filter Coffee

Hi Cooks, out there!!

As described, in the previous weblog about my introduction with Filter Coffee, there have been many a ups and downs in our relationship. But every morning we meet and have fun together, without fail!

Since I prepare this awesome beverage for solo time and for solo man i.e. obviously me, I had, as the time passed, made efficient and simplified the process of preparing it! Here is how!

The traditional filter Coffee is made by a simple machine described here. But the same takes a lot of time and cannot satisfy an immediate want! There is no argument on the point that the filter coffee takes about 10 times more time than the instant Coffee, which was invented to make it easy to prepare Coffee instantly. So to diminish the total time of the preparation to a maximum of 15 minutes I follow the steps below.

1. Take appropriate quantity of water in a boiling pot and heat to a boil.
2. Turn off the heat and add a teaspoon of Filter Coffee powder to the pot. Instantly some amount of froth is generated. Immediately cover the pot with a lid.
3. Pour sugar and milk according to your preference in a Coffee Mug.
4. Use a square thick cloth piece, wet it with water and squeeze out the extra water out of it and cover the top of the Coffee Mug with it.
5. After 10 minutes, pour the content of the pot into the Mug. The Coffee silt will be filtered out and the potable Coffee solution will drip into it.
6. Stir and reheat the Coffee to the desired temperature!

Some Don'ts:
1. Do not boil the mixture after adding the coffee powder in the pot. It makes it taste bitter.
2. After preparing, while reheating, do not let it boil. It again gives a bad taste to it.
3. Always cover the mixture, in the waiting period so as to retain the aroma and therefore the flavour.

Enjoy the Coffee with few pieces of Rusk!!

Enjoy!!

My Encounter With Filter Coffee, A Look back!!

Hi Cooks,

In the beginning I was very fond of Tea. The Milky and Sweet Indian Darjeeling Tea, with Biscuits - salty, creamy or plain Marie - , Rusks and various other snack items! At 1600 hours, of the day,  is also named after this beverage i.e Tea-time! At the same time I used to indulge in a few occasion of instant coffee or Nescafe/Bru, if we recall by Brands!!

But from the past 2 years, I have been captivated by the aroma and taste of the filter Coffee! And now it seems that I am already in love with it! It is now indispensable!

My introduction with it was by accident! Every Saturday, I shop for groceries at the nearest Super-Market. I used to pass by the Coffee section with little interest because I knew there was not much excitement in there, not much happening there too!

Once a green coloured packet grabbed my attention! I thought that what this colour, which is associated with Tea, is doing here in the Coffee section? I picked it up and after a few seconds of dilemma instead of keeping it back, tossed it in the basket!

After reaching home, added two spoons of the same in hot Milk and took a large amount in excitement and anticipation!! Aaaaawwwwww, thuuuuuuuu!!! I spilt it out and belched out the amount which passed the oesophagus! I was in bad condition! What was wrong with this Coffee? I took out the empty packet from the dustbin and read the instructions: "This is Filter Coffee. Please brew it and after filtering add the Coffee to Milk/Sugar". Oh Oh, so this is Filter Coffee which is just crushed Coffee Beans!! I never thought that one day I will encounter it in this manner!
After draining the content from the Coffee Mug, I followed the instructions and Waaaahhhh, it was the beginning of a long and happy relationship!! We are a couple now!!

Happy Drinking!!