Coffee in India

Filter kaapi, the davara and the tumbler.

Beaten Coffee

A spoonful of instant coffee and sugar beaten by hand until it turns pale and creamy, then a cup of hot milk…

8 min

Indian Cold Coffee

A thick, frothy, milky blended coffee, sweet and very cold, sometimes with a scoop of ice cream whizzed in. In…

5 min

South Indian Filter Coffee

A small steel tumbler of sweet, milky, frothy coffee, poured from height between the tumbler and its…

8 min

How to Make South Indian Filter Coffee

A two-chamber steel filter makes a decoction thick as treacle, which then meets scalding milk. The pour between…

25 min