How to prepare Kumbakonam Degree Coffee - Kaapi

Not a day starts without the filter coffee for every South Indian. Early in the morning, waking up to the aroma of the freshly made thick decoction blended with thick milk always makes the day a very fine one.

The coffee powder combination:
One can get the aroma and taste only when the proper combination of the beans are selected and they are properly roasted and ground too.

One of the popularly known combination is 200gms Peaberry+ 200gms A+50gms Robusta and the other is 200gms Plantation+200gms Peaberry+100gms Chicory. The chicory is known to give the aroma and taste that makes the coffee lovers go for it. Whatever be the combination, the beans are roasted properly and should also be ground finely. The ground powder should be stored in airtight container too.

The coffee making method:

In a coffee filter add the coffee powder to the top chamber up to half of the filter. Press the coffee powder lightly with the mushroom shaped umbrella. Do not over press it, if done there will be no decoction. Pour the water evenly. Close the lid and in 10 mins fresh thick decoction can be obtained.

While the decoction is getting ready, boil the milk and keep it ready. In a tumbler and dabara, add 1 spoon of sugar, and decoction upto 1/4th of the tumbler. Pour the boiled milk to it. (Never add decoction to milk). Pour the coffee from tumbler to dabara to get a froth. Drink it slowly by enjoying it. (Many men can be seen with their coffee tumbler in right hand and their favourite news paper in the left hand).

Coffee served in dabara tumbler

Toffee in Coffee a recipe for chocolate coffee lovers

Some thing different and something yummy. Though pure coffee lovers may not approve this, still, it tastes good.

Ingredients:

Milk - 1 cup

Instant coffee - 1 1/2 tsp

Boost or drinking choclolate - 1 tbsp

cinnamon powder - 1/2 tsp

Sugar - 1 tsp

Whipped cream - 1 tsp

Method:

Heat the milk and add instant coffee powder to it. Add cinnamon powder, boost and sugar. Add whipped sugar and serve warm. 

This can be served as iced coffee also by adding one or two ice cubes to it.

Easy Cold Coffee Recipe

This is one ingredient that became a great hit when I served it to my friends.

Ingredients:
Full Cream milk - 2 glass
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Instant Coffee Powder - 2 tsp
Crushed Ice - 1 cup

Method:
In a blender, add all the ingredients and whisk it thoroughly. Serve in tall glass with pieces of choco chips on top.

Cold Coffee

Ingredients:
Coffee Syrup - 2 tbsp
Sugar- 1 tsp
Chilled Milk - 100ml (1 cup)
Ice cubes - (As per your choice)
Hot water - 2 tbspn
Hot milk - 50 ml (1/2 cup)

Method:
Blend hot milk, hot water, coffee syrup, sugar in a blender till it foams. Add this to chilled milk. Refrigerate it and add ice cubes before serving.

Recipe for Coffee Syrup

South Indians without coffee is something unimaginable. This is definitely a sort of mixture of 2 or 3 recipes that I have seen in the net. When my brother came to know that Cold Coffee he wanted me to add this coffee syrup recipe. This can be used to make coffee milkshake, or used as topping in ice creams.

Before making this syrup it is better to check out the capacity of the coffee maker or coffee filter and the quantity of syrup one wants to make.

Ingredients:
Filter Coffee Powder - 24 tbspns
Hot Water - 2 cups
Sugar - 12 tbsp

How to make coffee syrup:
In a coffee filter or coffee maker, add enough spoons of coffee powder and add hot water to it. When the decoction is ready remove and keep it separately. To the coffee powder add 1/2 of the original amount of water. You will get a second decoction. Again add the same quantity of coffee powder and add the second decoction first and half of the first strong decoction to the coffee powder. The resultant decoction will be extra strong and thick. Use the same decoction and prepare decoction one more time with fresh coffee powder. There will be a triple strength coffee powder.

For the total amount of decoction add half the quantity of sugar. For example if there is 2 cups of decoction, 1 cup of sugar is to be added. Stir constantly till the sugar is dissolved. The sugar is to be added to the hot decoction and to be ensured that it dissolves completely. Store the syrup in airtight jar and refrigerate it.

Recipe for Coffee Syrup - காபி சிரப்

This syrup is for my brother who loves Cold Coffee.

Mix this syrup in chilled milk (3 tbsp for 1 cup milk), or use it in coffee milk shake or use it as ice cream topping.

The syrup that you can get is totally based on the size of coffee filter and the quantity of filter you require. You can make this either using percolator or using filter. In the filter, add coffee powder that is needed for atleast 6 people. Pour hot water over it and get thick decoction. Take the first decoction for this syrup. Add more hot water to it and get the second decoction. You can then throw off the powder. Add the same amount of coffee powder again in the filter. Heat the first decoction (dont heat the decoction directly on fire. Heat it either in microwave or keep the decoction in a vessel and keep that vessel in boiling water).

Add that decoction to the filter. You will get more stronger decoction. Now add hot water to this powder and take the second decoction. Throw off this powder too.

Again add powder to the filter and follow the same procedure as above. The decoction that you will get is stronger. Measure the resultant decoction, add 1/2 the quantity of sugar to it. (For Eg. if there is 5 cups of decoction add 2 1/2 cups of sugar.)

Refrigerate it and use it for a long time.


இது கோல்ட் காபி பிரியனான என் தம்பிக்காக

இந்த சிரப்பை குளிர்ந்த பாலில் (இரண்டு முதல் மூன்று டேபிள் ஸ்பூன் ஒரு டம்பளர் பாலிற்கு) கலந்து குடிக்கலாம். இது மில்க் ஷேக் செய்ய மற்றும் ஐஸ் கிரீம் டாப்பிங் செய்யவும் உபயோக படுத்தலாம்.

கிடைக்கும் சிரப் உங்களுடைய காபி பில்டர் அளவை பொருத்தும், உங்களுக்கு தேவையான சிரப்பை பொருத்தும் கிடைக்கும்.

ஆறு பேருக்கு தேவையான அளவு காபி பொடியை பில்டரில் போட்டு ஒரு முறை டிகாக்சன் இறக்கவும். அந்த பொடியை தூக்கி போட்டு விடவும். பின்னர் அதே அளவு காபி பொடி எடுத்து அதில் தண்ணீர் சேர்ப்பதற்கு பதில், முதலில் எடுத்த காபி டிகாக்சனை ஊற்றவும். இப்பொழுது டபுள் ஸ்ட்ராங் டிகாக்சன் கிடைக்கும்.

இன்னும் ஒரு தரம் இதே முறையில் டிகாக்சன் இறக்கவும். டிகாக்சனை அளந்து அதற்கு பாதி அளவிற்கு சர்க்கரை சேர்த்து நன்றாக கலக்கவும். (ஐந்து கப் டிகாக்சன் இருந்தால் இரண்டரை கப் சர்க்கரை சேர்க்கவும்). இந்த சிரப்பை பிரிட்ஜ்ல் வைத்து நீண்ட நாள் உபயோக படுத்தலாம்.