“A cup of Filter Coffee is a Joy for ever” – an old south Indian jungle saying.
Just picture yourself on a morning with a “Kaapi” (traditional slang) it would look like a davara tumbler, an unnjal (Swing), an easy-chair, Sun TV and a “Sabash”. This is how a typical Sunday morning would begin if you were to tell me the word Coffee.
But lets stop dreaming here since the coffee of this kind has taken a complete turn around in the last few years in Madras (I prefer this name to Chennai for some reason). Gone are the davara-tumblers and in comes the Tetra packs. It’s pretty hard for me, who grew up thinking that the height of cool drink was the “Zing Thing” called Gold Spot, to see the number of joints which have mushroomed in order to satisfy the cappuccino urge.
Yeah, I am alluding to Cold Coffee and all the mocha variants which have sprung about in this city best known for its Filter Coffee. These joints are also dedicated to make your purse as slim as possible by the time you walk out. The pricing is such that in the days to come one can personally go to Columbia and get the coffee seeds roasted, brewed and served by smiling south American women and return back with a few bucks saved considering the option to ordering a mug of cold coffee at these joints within city limits.
Yet, you must all be knowing about this place – certainly if not now at least you will get to know from enquiring where your kids (Rich Dad’s Spoilt Brats) hangout. For them, this is a place which is so well designed for their age specific ambience and high-tech gizmo sound systems that are today transforming the home brewed filter “KAAPI” into a multi million dollar cappuccino industry. As of today the vogue is cold coffee.(Reliable source: My neighbour’s college going daughter) You would look like an oldie living in the 80s if you still prefer the HOT and STEAMY filter “Kaapi” served in ever-silver tumblers.
In a short while even in the most orthodox south Indian marriages they might be forced to serve Mocha and Java in cold fashion during betrothal and shall be termed as a little shift from the tradition. Changes are welcome though some of them at times are not as good as they look.
Anyway wake up guys; I can smell the brew of cold cappuccino and “Chai Tea Latte” – Time for a break from our sleep.
Just picture yourself on a morning with a “Kaapi” (traditional slang) it would look like a davara tumbler, an unnjal (Swing), an easy-chair, Sun TV and a “Sabash”. This is how a typical Sunday morning would begin if you were to tell me the word Coffee.
But lets stop dreaming here since the coffee of this kind has taken a complete turn around in the last few years in Madras (I prefer this name to Chennai for some reason). Gone are the davara-tumblers and in comes the Tetra packs. It’s pretty hard for me, who grew up thinking that the height of cool drink was the “Zing Thing” called Gold Spot, to see the number of joints which have mushroomed in order to satisfy the cappuccino urge.
Yeah, I am alluding to Cold Coffee and all the mocha variants which have sprung about in this city best known for its Filter Coffee. These joints are also dedicated to make your purse as slim as possible by the time you walk out. The pricing is such that in the days to come one can personally go to Columbia and get the coffee seeds roasted, brewed and served by smiling south American women and return back with a few bucks saved considering the option to ordering a mug of cold coffee at these joints within city limits.
Yet, you must all be knowing about this place – certainly if not now at least you will get to know from enquiring where your kids (Rich Dad’s Spoilt Brats) hangout. For them, this is a place which is so well designed for their age specific ambience and high-tech gizmo sound systems that are today transforming the home brewed filter “KAAPI” into a multi million dollar cappuccino industry. As of today the vogue is cold coffee.(Reliable source: My neighbour’s college going daughter) You would look like an oldie living in the 80s if you still prefer the HOT and STEAMY filter “Kaapi” served in ever-silver tumblers.
In a short while even in the most orthodox south Indian marriages they might be forced to serve Mocha and Java in cold fashion during betrothal and shall be termed as a little shift from the tradition. Changes are welcome though some of them at times are not as good as they look.
Anyway wake up guys; I can smell the brew of cold cappuccino and “Chai Tea Latte” – Time for a break from our sleep.
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