On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Shoba Narayan <[email protected]>wrote:
> So, Deepa, did the great coffee lady tell you where you can get that > perfect blend in Bangalore? That mixture sounds perfect. At the time, I was buying my coffee powder from the Coffee Board outlet on Museum Road; she suggested that I just buy some chicory powder and add 100 gm or 200 gm (as I wished) to every kg of coffee powder. I have continued to do that ever since. Leo, Narasu's, Kotha's CCD....all coffees are about equal, in MY opinion! The best coffee powder was (still i m o) the hot-from-grinding-machine powder at the Coffee Board... > SRS: Allow me to bust your chicory bubble a bit. The acid indigestion IMHO > is a function of the coffee. I come from a family of chicory snobs and I > think it adds to the coffee. You should do like the Italians and eat our > version of biscotti with your coffee-- the simple Marie biscuit will do. Oh...what are chicory snobs? > > > I would like to know from Silk List where good coffee blends for home > brewing can be bought in Bangalore. I buy Kothas coffee (with 30% chicory) > from my local Benson Town Family Supermarket. And you know what? It ain't > bad at all. I have the Kotha's coffee factory a few buildings away :)))))) I buy 200g at a time and have given up roasting and grinding my own coffee (yes, I did that for a loong time.) And...the Park View eatery near my place has a coffee brewing machine which gets supplies from the Kotha's factory twice a day...and the coffee there is really excellent. I love the baitu coffee, because I get just a thimbleful of piping hot coffee, that fills my mouth with the aroma, and I don't have to worry about calories or caffeine... I do detest these HUGE cups that I get in the CCD's and Starbucks, which are meals in themselves, and which, after the third mouthful, are just tepid fluid... Shoba...you were kind enough to invite me and Mogun over for a meal....whenever I return to Bengaluru, do (like Udhay does, occasionally) call me up and come over whenever you feel like it, for a nice baitu at my fkfk (fresh kapi from kotha's) darshini! and...this invitation is valid for all others, too. Since there is not much seating at said eatery...it is a standing invitation. Cheers, Deepa.
