How Chennai brews its speciality coffee

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At The Woodhouse Coffee & Cocoa Co., a 14-seater caf in Nungambakkam in Chennai, the Vietnamese iced coffee is dense and smooth with just the right amount of bitterness to snap one out of an afternoon lull..

It is one of the few new cafs that have heralded a change in the citys coffee culture..

In the post-pandemic era, cafs set up by coffee-obsessed millennials have slowly shifted the focus from traditional filter coffee, and ushered in speciality coffees that place a premium on flavour, blend and a farm-to-cup approach..

As the elevation is higher, the coffee from Tamil Nadu is dense and has a beautiful aftertaste with characteristics similar to the Ethiopian highland," says Viggnesh V., 34, co-founder of Davrah Coffee, which has five outlets..

Other interesting options include the espresso berry tonic with natural strawberry extract, cold drip latte with coffee steeped for 32 hours, and the Madras Bombon with condensed milk topped with a shot of espresso. . . . . View Full Image..