Though I don’t drink coffee I do love the aroma of fresh ground coffee powder. Btw my hubby starts his day with a strong cup of coffee ☕️ <though he drinks only 1 cup a day, he likes it real strong>. All these days I was using the instant coffee powder. But when ever I crossed the – coffee day’s fresh & ground store, I was very much temped to buy it and moreover fresh ground coffee powder can be bought unpacked, for those who aren’t aware of, I am very much inspired by Bea Johnson the pioneer of zerowaste movement, author & founder of zerowastehome,..<Btw even while buying instant coffee powder I always used to opt for the ones packed in glass jars and reuse them later as spice jars and now I don’t need more as my spice rack is full.>
Accessories used:
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- Small stainless steel coffee filter
- Steel & glass electric kettle <to boil water>
- Traditional tumbler with dabara <to serve filter coffee in a authentic style>
Ingredients for 1C of coffee:
- 1-2 tsp of fresh ground coffee powder
- 3/4C organic whole milk
- 1/4C water
- 1tsp organic sugar <or according to taste>
How to prepare the coffee decoction?
- Take a stainless steel coffee filter, it consists of 2 cylindrical vessel – bottom one for collecting brewed coffee decoction and the top one with perforated holes for adding ground coffee powder, pressing disk and a lid.
- Add in 2-3 tsp of fresh ground coffee powder into the top cylinder with small holes.
- Tap once and using the pressing disk press tight.
- Instantly boil water using and electric kettle and pour slowly into the top cylinder of the coffee filter.
- Cover the lid and leave it undisturbed for 10 minutes.
- The decoction would have collected at the bottom cylinder of the coffee filter. <Btw don’t discard the left over coffee powder instead put it in your compost bin or directly add to the soil. It’s a good manure for the plants! Isn’t this absolutely zero waste?!>
How to prepare filter coffee?
- Boil 3/4C of milk.
- When it comes to boil add in sugar.
- Add 1/4C of coffee decoction.
- Pour into the tumbler & then to the dabara and mix once for a frothy filter coffee!
Hmm every mornings I am enjoying the aroma and my hubby the coffee 😉 and bonus is that it a complete zero waste affair – no package involved & no trash left!!
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