Once a Brahmin Secret, Now Everyone’s Brew: How Filter Coffee Defeated Caste Lines
Filter coffee today is everywhere—in homes, on trains, in hipster cafés and street stalls. But few know this truth: it wasn’t always for everyone.For decades, this beloved South Indian brew was locked behind the kitchen doors of upper-caste privilege—a sacred ritual for the few, forbidden for the many. This is the story of how filter…