Tales of Bean & Leaf

Art of Making Indian Filter Coffee

Art of Making Indian Filter Coffee

After having tried our hands at different ways of making coffee right from instant coffee to coffee capsules & premixes to artisan coffees using French press, Aeropress, pour over, etc to coffee (espresso, cappuccino, etc) from machines, we found one of the simplest and best ways to get a great cup of coffee is to make the Indian Filter Coffee. Indian filter coffee uses a drip brew process that is similar to how Vietnamese coffee is brewed. It is one of the simplest ways of making freshly brewed coffee and tastes awesome.
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Pointers to a Good Cup of Coffee

Pointers to a Good Cup of Coffee

Brewing coffee is the juxtaposition of art and science. The perfect cup of coffee is that which gives you the taste, aroma and flavour that you prefer. Often coffee brewing is considered as a complicated process and is deemed fit for coffee connoisseurs or baristas to indulge in. That being true, holds good if you are looking at brewing artisan coffees, tasting delicate flavour notes, doing coffee art, however, if you are regular human being like me and all you want is a great cup of coffee then trust me the process is not that difficult and the satisfaction that you will get will far outweigh the efforts that you have put.  
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Story of Indian Filter Coffee

Story of Indian Filter Coffee

Coffee is something of a cultural icon in all the South Indian states of India like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala. It is customary to offer a cup of coffee or tea to any visitor. However, with the growing acceptance of coffee in rest of India or as we put it North of South India, it is our endeavour to popularise and make South Indian Filter Coffee accessible pan India and make it popularly known as Indian Filter Coffee.
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Journey of Coffee in India

Journey of Coffee in India

Around 1600 AD, Mocha, a port city of Yemen, was a trading hub for coffee and was the source of the popular Mocha coffee beans. Around this time, Baba Budan,...
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All about Arabica

All about Arabica

Origin As you walk down the coffee aisle of a supermarket or a store, the one thing that you cannot miss is Coffee Arabica. “Coffee Arabica” also known as Arabian...
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ABCs of Coffee

ABCs of Coffee

Diving a little dip into understanding coffee right from pronunciation to the origins to the botany and finally the anatomy.
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Story of Coffee

Story of Coffee

Coffee has a very interesting and legendary history. It is one of the world's most profitable export crops. After crude oil, coffee is the most sought commodity in the world. There are a lot of legends around the origins of coffee. We have shared the one we like.
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What is Tales of Bean & Leaf?

What is Tales of Bean & Leaf?

Tales of Bean & Leaf is our endeavour to showcase tales, stories, experiences, brews, recipes, trivia, fun times associated with tcha, coffee and everything around it.
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