'ARABIC COFFEE' THE FLAVOUR OF INDIA

摘要

Arabic coffee is one of the oldest traditional drinks of the Arabic world, which embraces an incredible alliance between India and the Arabs since time immemorial. Arabs, who carried cardamom and other spices halfway around the world to sell at a large profit, are the greatest cardamom lovers. Arab coffee is heavily flavored with cardamom, sometimes to the point of having more cardamom than coffee. Some preparations use two teaspoons of cardamom seeds for each small cup of the sweet, fragrant coffee.The ground coffee is boiled with cardamom seeds, sugar and sometimes a pinch of saffron or cloves. The liquid is strained and for a final flavor boost, poured through cardamom pods as it is served. To add a bit of cardamom flavor to coffee at home, grind a cardamom pod with the coffee beans, or add some ground cardamom to already ground coffee before brewing.