Filter Coffee (Cold Brew Style)
Cold brew-style filter coffee shakes chilled South Indian coffee decoction with almond milk, jaggery syrup, and ice.
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5 mintotal
Prep 5 min
- Serves
- 2
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Spice
- Mild
Ingredients
Quantities are for 2 servings.
Includes 12 hours for the filter coffee decoction to chill before shaking with almond milk and jaggery syrup.
Method
Take a cocktail shaker or a tall glass jar with a tight lid.
Add the strong, chilled South Indian filter coffee decoction.
Pour in the chilled almond milk (or oat milk).
Add the liquid jaggery syrup. (Do not use powdered sugar as it won't dissolve easily in cold milk).
Add ice cubes and the pinch of cinnamon powder.
Seal the shaker or jar tightly and shake hard for 15-20 seconds until the mixture is frothy.
15 sec–20 sec
Pour the frothy iced coffee into tall glasses filled with a few extra ice cubes.
Serve immediately.
How to tell it's done
A smooth, ice-cold, dark tan beverage crowned with a beautiful layer of frothy micro-foam.
Getting it right
Tip
South Indian coffee powder often contains chicory, which gives the chilled drink a thick, woody, slightly bitter edge.
What to serve it with
A fantastic, cooling caffeine kick for hot summer afternoons.
Common mistakes
- It comes out watery and pale.
- Chill the decoction before it meets the ice rather than shaking it warm. Warm coffee melts the cubes as you shake, and South Indian decoction is strong for a reason — diluted twice over, there is nothing left of it.
Substitutions
- Dairy milk works in place of almond milk and gives a richer cup; oat milk froths best of the plant milks. Sugar syrup or maple syrup replaces the jaggery syrup — the point is that it must be liquid, since granular sugar will not dissolve in a cold drink. Strong brewed coffee or two shots of espresso, cooled, can stand in for the decoction.
Storing and reheating
Drink straight away while the froth holds. Coffee decoction keeps four days in the fridge and jaggery syrup a month, so the drink is a thirty-second job once both are on hand.
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