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Know The Nuances of The Much Similar South Indian & Turkish Brewing Methods

Know The Nuances of The Much Similar the South Indian & Turkish Brewing Methods



The South Indian Filter Coffee Phenomenon


One of the first and foremost brewing techniques in India was the South Indian filter coffee, kaapi or meter coffee brewing technique and the ritual is still going strong to this day. Even to this day families brew their “coffee decoction” in the similar containers called dabrah that have been in their families for generations.


Boiling milk is added over in the decoction along with a sweetener of choices such as jaggery or sugar and is still immensely famous  as an after breakfast beverage in several  households. The beauty of this beverage is that you will never taste the similar recipe in another house. Every family has its own recipes which have been passed on for generations. Over the years, commercialisation has aided spread the word and flavor of filter coffee across lands and created this a more accessible beverage.


The Turkish Coffee



The Turkish have a royal history when it comes to their own dear beverage. It was an indicator of the importance provide to a particular guest and to this day adds immense value to the cultural wealth of the nation. Brewed in an ‘Ibrik’ the Turks brew their coffee on hot sand along with few water and sugar. A lot of people prefer adding some spices to increase  the fragrance of the coffee. Initially, brass coffee pots, called cezve were utilized but nowadays porcelain and steel are preferred for ease of utilize . The Turkish were the first once to introduce the coffee culture to the Italians and from there it received commercialized even more.


The Confluence



There are a lot of similarities between the Indian and Turkish when it comes to brewing their coffees, from having a specific type of brewing vessel to the coffee itself. Both are brewed with ground coffee beans, such that the end beverage is really  flavourful, frothy in texture, and has more viscosity than other brewing techniques. The route of Indian coffee is based on folklore, which speaks about a Sufi Saint Baba Budan, who smuggled few coffee beans from the ports of Yemen, to plant it in the India. Yemen, at that time, was under the Turkish regime and it was illegal to an export coffee. The Turkish style of coffee, even known as Arabic, is even believed to have first originated in Yemen.


No issue what the origins of coffee might be, the fact remains that coffee has stood the test of time and has been an integral part of both cultures. With the deep and wealthy history around coffee in both nations and the sense of tradition and sentiment the beverage triggers, both Turkish coffee and Indian Kaapi remain the most famous brewing methods in both countries and even in many other countries around the world.

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