How did chicory, a root native to Europe, become an essential ingredient in South Indian filter coffee? From its original purpose as filler during times of shortage, chicory is still added to South Indian Filter coffee today and is a subject...
Synonymous with a South Indian home is a coffee filter. The filter helps derive the 'decoction' to be used to form the delicious milky beverage known as filter coffee, a staple in many homes and restaurants. So, what is filter...
Before the 1950s, chicory was not cultivated in India. So all South Indian filter coffee had European-imported chicory.In the late 1950s, the first chicory seeds were imported, and cultivation began in South India. It wasn't until 1971 that businesses realised...