If you are a South Indian,especially Tamilian or a Kannadiga you'll know how many meanings does this one small word coffee possesses. The strong aroma when you pass a coffee shop...By coffee shop, I mean not the Cafe Coffee Day but the shops that sell ground coffee powder. Those shops won't be flashy or anything but are the best places for a wonderful coffee powder..Its very very detrimental to pass these shops especially when you want to reduce your caffeine consumption.
Okayy...So here is how a filter coffee makes magic in your(read "my") day. The first ever thing that I want after morning ablutions is a strong coffee with less sugar.As I have been brought up in a more tamil brahminly way,I'l tell you about how its made,served and its importance in our day to day life :P
Strong coffee is where the colour of the coffee is a rich brown variant.. Now who wants to drink milk with a coffee odor? Certainly not me.. And the right way to serve it is in a tumbler with a dabarah(a saucer with lipped walls). You'll see a coffee inviting you when you step into any tamil brahmin's house(read without "brahmin" when you don't want it to appear ;)) for any small things. I have seen people visiting some houses regularly for the excellent coffee they get there. Coffee was and is still famous in the brahmin families of TN. You will see some hotels named "kaapi kadai" in spite of serving a variety of meals. That is because in those days(before independence) brahmins(who were orthodoxier in its true sense) would only go to hotels that served coffee as their main special offering.There are instances in R.K.Narayan's books about how a person goes to a shop just to wash down sweets with a coffee. Okkay.... Off the topic for sometime.. So,back.. Coffee plays a major role in a family.. :) The consumption of coffee increases when they have brunch on a particular day.
And coming to me,I'm a Coffee Pandaaram :P You give me coffee any time of the day,doesn't matter I'll come of with you :P I'm one of those types :P R.K.Narayan's book(might be an already read one) in hand and a tumbler of coffee..Makes my day... :"> Its such a bliss!! You might say,"
Caffeine does this to you,does that you".. All I would turn is a deaf ear!!!
My day is not complete without a minimum of 3 coffees...! :D And for best coffees away from home,go to Kalmane Koffees. They have outlets in Chennai,Bangalore and many other places in leading malls.. The "Kaapi Samrat" you get there is one of the best filter coffees that you'll get to taste.. :) And they also provide coffee powder for home consumption and without any doubt Madras Filter rocks :D :D
Happy Coffeeeyinnggg :D :D
Catch you soon... :D Its Coffee timeeeeee :D
Regards,
iYSHOOO
