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How to Brew Perfect French Press Coffee

There are several ways to make a perfect cup of coffee. In that, the French press is one of the easiest, least expensive ways to make great coffee. Here is the step by step process to make a great cup of coffee with French Press.

Preheat the press

Preheat your empty French Press, including the plunger by rinsing it with very hot water.

Measure and Grind

Measure out 8 grams of ground coffee per 125 ml of water and grind it as coarse as breadcrumbs.

Add water

After discarding the hot water and add coffee into the empty press. Pour water in a circular motion to wet all the grounds until the press is half full and make sure that there are no dry spots.

Stir

Give the grounds a good stir with a wooden spoon to break the top layer we call the crust.

Add more water

Pour the remaining half of your hot water over the coffee. Put the top on and allow the coffee to brew without pressing it down.

Press

After 4-5 minutes, be ready to press. Slowly push the plunger all the way down.

Serve and enjoy

Immediately pour coffee into a mug to avoid over-extraction. If you want to drink the coffee later, don’t leave it in the French press, it continues to extract and will become bitter. Pour into a flask to keep it hot.

Follow these simple steps and brew a perfect French Press Coffee with freshly roasted Cauvery Peak Coffee beans.

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Amazing Places to Visit in Yercaud

There are various tourist spots in Yercaud like lakes, viewpoints, gardens, waterfalls and more. For any travelers who are looking to start a journey to this beautiful hill station, here are some places to must visit in Yercaud.

Botanical Garden

The botanical garden is one of the most famous places to visit in Yercaud, it is a house of various exotic species of flowers and plants. Further, this garden is divided into various sections such as butterfly garden, foliage garden, water garden, herbal garden, rock garden, sensory garden, topiary garden and bonsai garden. Garden has a wonderful range of rare plants and flowers along with many preserved endanger species. Among all these one of the most eye-catching part is Orchidarium. The Orchidarium houses many endangered species of orchids.

Killiyur Falls

Killiyur Waterfalls is located in Shevaroy hill range of Eastern Ghats. One of the most adored places to visit in Yercaud, the waterfall is a 2-km trek from the vehicle drop point.

Pagoda Point

Pagoda point is the high viewpoint in Yercaud which offers a birds eye’s view of the entire city down below, the view is awesome and extremely beautiful.

Bear’s Cave

The Bear’s cave falls in the route of Servarayan temple and believed that the cave served as a residence place for the bears. The main area of the cave is located 7 ft. from the ground and it is located in a private coffee estate.

Silk Farm

As the name indicates, this farm holds silkworms that are grown on mulberry trees. During tourism season, you can find interesting guided tours in which you will be taught about how the silkworm produces silk and how it is processed.

Lady’s Seat

Another one famous viewpoint in Yercaud called Lady’s Seat, where you can get a panoramic view of Salem city and the valley. In reality, it is a bunch of naturally made rocks in the shape of a seat. Lady’s seat is located on the South West of Shevaroy hills. It is also a fantastic place to watch the nightfall. And, in that dark, you can get an amazing view of the sparkling city.

Yercaud Lake

The Yercaud trip will be incomplete without visiting Yercaud Lake also known as Emerald Lake or Big Lake, which is located in the center of Yercaud town. Moreover, this is a completely natural lake. Also, this lake is surrounded by cloud laden hills, gardens and well-groomed large trees. Kids play area is one of the highlights of this place which makes it a must-visit.

Coffee Experience Tour

Cauvery Peak Estate is a private coffee estate in Yercaud offers an ultimate coffee experience tour on a 150-year-old estate. In this tour, visitors can see the beauty of Cauvery Peak, Lake Estate, Kombai Valley view, Village Granary, Pulp House, Factory, Spices Center, Estate Museum and more.

Where To Stay In Yercaud?

Thangavilla is the best place to stay in Yercaud which is located right in the heart of the town. Make sure you opt for a bungalow with spacious lawns and gardens surrounded by a variety of trees and plant species. This will be a perfect place for homestay in Yercaud.

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Cultivation and Consumption of Coffee in India

Coffee has been commercially cultivated in India since the 19th century and it is one of the most eco-friendly and major plantation crops in Southern-India. Coffee consumption in India is still a growing phenomenon. Coffee farmers have traditionally employed cultivation practices which are very unique.

India is one of the few countries which grow the coffee crops under shade trees. The way India grows coffee is unique – often planted near spices like cardamom, cinnamon, cloves and pepper which gives the coffee a different spicy flavor. Some coffee is grown alongside sweeter crops like oranges, vanilla, and bananas which gives the coffee a gentle, fruity or floral taste.

The first coffee plantations were established around the 1840’s in the hills surrounding Chikmagalur, Wayanad, the Shevaroys, and Nilgiris. Arabica and Robusta are the two well-known varieties of coffee grown in India.

As we know today Coffee plantations are a result of hard work and efforts put in by legendary planters of the 19th and early 20th century. After independence, the ownership gradually changed to Indian owners who continued in the tradition of maintaining well-managed plantations.

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CHICORY – THE COLONIAL ADULTERANT?

CHICORY – THE COLONIAL ADULTERANT?

BY VIJAYAN RAJES

PARTNER, MSP PLANTATIONS, CAUVERY PEAK COFFEE ROASTERS FORMER VICE CHAIRMAN, COFFEE BOARD OF INDIA

FORMER PRESIDENT, UNITED PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN INDIA (UPASI),
PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION OF TAMILNADU (PAT)

CHAIRMAN – SHEVAROY PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION (SPA)

Chicory is widely used in India and Africa to substitute and adulterate coffee.

Chicory root is derived from the root of the cichorium intybus plant which has been cultivated since ancient Egypt. It is a bienial crop native to Europe (Mediterranean). It was used as a western herbal medicine and discontinued due its side effects.

Chicory became popular in 18th century France when coffee was scarce during the Napoleonic wars. It was used as an additive or adulterant to overcome the shortage of coffee. It became an essential commodity which helped keep the troops supplied uninterruptedly with hot coffee-chicory admixture, particularly in the cold winter months. After the battle of Waterloo in 1815 which ended the Napoleonic Wars, relative peace prevailed in Europe, till the First World War in 1914. During this time the British East India Company, the Francophone countries of Africa and the Dutch East India Company flooded Europe with fine coffees from their colonies. The importance of chicory faded and was almost forgotten till the two world wars erupted in the 20th century. Hitler’s blockade of the Suez Canal choked the supply of coffee from East Africa, South Asia and East Asia to Europe. Chicory reared its ugly head again in Europe to help adulterate and cope with the scarce supply of coffee for the Allied and Facist troops alike. Like they say, an army moves on its stomach!

Somewhere between the two world wars, the colonial masters in Europe decided that it was enough for the ‘natives’ in the colonies to drink coffee, adulterated with chicory, saving the pure coffee for themselves. The British in India did not care

about the inferior coffee available in British India, because they drank tea, gin or whisky any way!

Coffee trade became a highly profitable and lucrative business. Raw Coffee became the second highest traded commodity in value globally, next only to crude oil. The post world war 2 recovery of Europe saw a resurgence in the demand for quality coffee. The US economic aid under the Marshall Plan for the reconstruction of Europe ensured Western Europe’s treasurers were full. The demand for high quality coffee soared even higher.

The marketing departments of the Indian roaster-retailers (which were sterling companies controlled from Europe) ingrained in the minds of one generation of Indian coffee connoisseurs, that coffee only tasted good and the colour looked right if it was blended with chicory. The power of marketing and the shortage of coffee prevailed over good sense. The fine coffee connoisseurs in India were conned into believing a myth created by the power of advertising and marketing.

The export of coffee from India, to earn valuable foreign exchange for the newly independent India was high priority. The newly independent nation, adopted a socialistic economic model, which required foreign exchange and capital to set up state run industries. The export of coffee from India became such a high priority for the Ministry of Commerce that import of chicory and chicory seeds were permitted in the 1950s, against earnings from coffee exports. Chicory cultivation in Gujarat, UP, MP and Andhra Pradesh was taken up to substitute the shortage of coffee, which as a priority of state policy was exported.

It has taken more than half a century, a new generation and globalization for the Indian coffee connoisseur to overcome the myth of coffee and chicory. Chicory is not coffee. Nor does it come from a coffee bean. According to Word Web it is “the root of the chicory plant, roasted and ground to substitute for or adulterate coffee”.

Chicory costs only one fourth the price of arabica coffee and does not contain any caffeine. Chicory only mimics a bitter coffee taste. Roasted chicory contains none of the volatile oils and aromatics that are contained in roasted coffee.

However, it contains higher Total Soluble Solids (TSS) which allows a yield of 45 to 65% of soluble extractive matter, while coffee yields only 20 to 25%. The net result being that in a 50:50 coffee chicory admixture, the level of chicory will be much higher than 50% in the cup. More the chicory, more the number of cups that can be served. Perfect recipe for a profit minded hotelier.

Commercial roaster-retailers and traders squeeze the producers and procure carefully prepared coffees at cheap rates. This is relatively easy as more than 70 countries produce coffee globally. These carefully produced coffees are then blended with cheaper inferior coffees or adulterated with chicory, packaged and retailebitant prices. The net result being the grower gets low prices for carefully nurtured coffee and the consumer gets inferior blended coffees at exhorbitant prices.

The two components of chicory that cause the bitter taste are lactucin and lactacoprin. These two components affect the central nervous system by relaxing it, according to Dr.Carla Goddard on the searchwarp.com and livestrong.com websites. If you want coffee to perk you up in the morning, chicory blended with coffee is not the best choice.

Chicory may stimulate the uterus and in turn result in menstruation, which could risk abortion in a pregnant woman according to Dr. Linda B. White M.D. on the childbirth solutions inc website. It is advised to avoid using chicory root during pregnancy and breastfeeding since it has stimulatory effects on menstruation.

According to the Ohio State University, there haye been reports of contact dermatitis when handling Chicory. Contact dermatitis can involve a wide spectrum of side effects like inflammation of the skin. Handling or consuming Chicory root extract may result in hives, intensive itching, swelling, wheezing, dizziness, pale skin or loss of consciousness.

The Coffee Board of India has wisely persuaded the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to reduce the permitted chicory mix content in coffee from 50% to 30%. A draft notification has also been issued by FSSAI. This is a step in the right direction. Eventually, chicory content should be reduced to 0 %.

The roaster retailers and hoteliers are strenuously objecting to change, as the past seven decades have been very lucrative and has optimized their profit margins. Their primary defense is that the customer is king and they should decide what to consume. They imply that the Indian consumer preferred coffee-chicory blends. It is deja vu, that cheap chicory is widely used to adulterate coffee predominantly in India and Africa, the former colonies. If you ever wondered why the filter coffee at home does not taste the same anymore as it did where your grandmother brewed it for you decades ago, this is your answer. The more the chicory, the more the profit margin for roaster-retailers and hoteliers. It does not bring any positive attribute to the flavour, aroma and colour of good quality coffee.

The initial steps taken by the FSSAI and Coffee Board of India to reduce chicory, from 50% to 30% is a welcome and positive development for the both coffee producers and coffee consumers. Chicory should eventually be reduced to 0%. Chicory should be sold separately, and then the consumer truly will be the king to decide whether to add it to Coffee along with milk and sugar.

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Brief History of Coffee

Coffee is truly an International beverage, not only now, but since its inception. The coffee plant originated in KAFFA (Coffee) a kingdom in modern day Ethiopia. AL- MAKHA (Mocha) a small port in modern day Yemen, was the main trading port for coffee brought from Ethiopia. Coffee was also planted in Yemen. The Arabs to protect their monopoly only traded boiled or roasted beans. The Arabic translation for coffee was QAHWAT ALBUN (wine of the berry) implying that it was an intoxicant. Conservative Islam therefore forbade coffee consumption. It was banned by the Ottoman empire in 1511, Mecca in 1524 and Egypt in 1532.

Coffee consumption began in Turkey in the 16th century and from there spread to Italy and France in the 17th century. In 1683 the first coffee shop in Europe opened in St. Mark’s Square in Venice. The Catholic church called coffee the evil devil’s brew and petitioned the pope to ban coffee consumption. Pope clement tasted the devil’s brew and declared, “it is so delicious that it would be a sin to let only infidels drink it”. Coffee consumption increased and spread throughout Christian Europe. Coffee consumption became a passion among Intellectuals, Philosophers, Writers and Artists of the time. The established, conservative and dogmatic ruling classes who detested change, found the Coffee house discussions a threat.

In 1675 the king of England banned Coffee houses, claiming they were places where people met to conspire against him.The British and Dutch East India Companies played pivotal roles in spreading commercial cultivation to South America, Indonesia and India.Today coffee is cultivated in over 50 countries and consumed in over 100 countries. Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world after crude oil in financial terms.

Vijayan Rajes
Cauvery Peak coffee roasters

© copyright 2017, Vijayan Rajes. All rights reserved

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