Rooted in Rasam

A man awakes every morning
and instead of reading the newspaper
reads Act V of Othello.
He sips his coffee and is content
that this is the news he needs
as his wife looks on …- B. J.Ward

TamBrahm Filter Coffee, on a morning almost as steamy hot as Madras.
Best served with today’s edition of The Hindu or Indian Express. But the Chicago Tribune, will have to do, no matter how bad the news of today is.

My Coffee Decoction proportion
4 heaped teaspoons ground coffee*
Percolated in a traditional South Indian filter with
1 cup Very HOT (not boiling) water

Mixing proportion
1/4 cup decoction to 3/4 cup very hot, slightly over boiled (2% fat)milk
Sugar to taste
Aathified **a couple times for the frothing and blending of sugar !

*Generally use 3 tsp of Coorg, Cothas or Narasu coffee powder,( in that order depending on availability )
topped with 1 tsp of New Orleans’ Cafe Du Monde powder, which adds the extra touch of chicory !
** Tanglish (Tamil English) term for pouring the coffee from the tumbler to the cup and back, from a considerable height . The higher you pour it from, the more professional you seem. – R. Gopalan See Less