This document discusses the origins and history of filter coffee, tracing its journey from Ethiopia to Europe and around the world. It compares filter coffee to espresso, noting that filter coffee uses lighter roasted beans for more subtle flavors, is coarsely ground and brewed slowly under gravity rather than pressure, and has a higher caffeine content but is never served with milk. The document concludes by recommending five of the best places to get filter coffee in Melbourne.

1. Dan Prior
Filter Coffee FTW A brief introduction to your new
favourite thing. Well, my favourite thing
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3. Origins
❖ Kaldi, the Ethiopian goat herder!
❖ Budan, the Indian Sufi and smuggler!
❖ Smuggled by the Dutch into Europe…!
❖ …then to Indonesia…!
❖ …by de Clieu into the Caribbean…!
❖ …and finally into Brazil

5. Filter vs. Espresso
❖ Roasted lighter, to highlight inherent flavours!
❖ Coarsely ground (ideally w/ consistent particle size)
for even flow!
❖ Brewed in minutes, usually under gravity!
❖ Even more caffeine! (lower concentration)!
❖ Never drunk with milk!!
❖ Fruity, citrusy, floral, sweet, delicate, clean
❖ Roasted darker, for body and bitterness!
❖ Finely, inconsistently ground and firmly tamped, to
restrict flow!
❖ Brewed in seconds, under pressure!
❖ Good amount of caffeine!
❖ Often served with milk!
❖ Chocolatey, nutty, bitter, berry-like, syrupy, ashy, bold

6. Melbourne’s Best Filter
❖ Patricia Coffee Brewers, Lt Bourke St!
❖ Market Lane Coffee, Therry St!
❖ Everyday Coffee, Johnston St Collingwood!
❖ Filter by Small Batch, Collins and King Sts!
❖ Brother Baba Budan, Lt Bourke St