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The best Filter Coffee in Bangalore

Also spelt filter kaapi, filter kaffi, kaapi and by two coffee. A curated shortlist, shaped by your votes.

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  1. Number 1.Brahmin's Coffee Bar

    Shankarapuram, Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6am to noon and 3pm to 7pm, shut Sundays
    Where
    Pushp Kiran, 19 Ranga Rao Road, near Shankar Mutt Road, Shankarapuram, Bengaluru 560004

    Order coffee and a plate of idli vade, then stand at the wall ledge like everyone else. No sambar is served here, only chutney. Shut on Sundays, and the queue is longest around eight.

    What to orderFilter coffee in the glass tumbler with idli vade and coconut chutney

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  2. Number 2.CTR (Shri Sagar)

    Malleswaram 7th Cross Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    7.30am to 12.30pm, then 4 to 9.30pm
    Where
    152, 7th Cross Road, off Margosa Road, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    The benne masala dose and a coffee is the standard order, in that sequence. Queues form before the shutters go up at half seven, and again at four when the evening session starts.

    What to orderBenne masala dose, then the frothy filter coffee

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  3. Number 3.MTR (Mavalli Tiffin Room, Lalbagh Road original)

    Doddamavalli, Lalbagh Road Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30 to 11am and 12.30 to 8.30pm, shut Mondays
    Where
    14, Lalbagh Main Road, Doddamavalli, Sudhama Nagar, Bengaluru 560027

    Ask for the double-strong coffee, which they roast and grind twice daily on the premises. Mondays are closed. The morning session ends at eleven, so late risers get the lunch thali instead.

    What to orderDouble-strong filter coffee with rava idli

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  4. Vidyarthi Bhavan, Gandhi Bazaar

    Basavanagudi Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6.30 to 11.30am and 2 to 8pm, shut Fridays
    Where
    32, Gandhi Bazaar Main Road, Basavanagudi, Bengaluru 560004

    Finish the benne masala dose with a tumbler of their coffee, which arrives last by custom. Fridays it is shut. Give your name to the man at the door and expect a wait.

    What to orderBenne masala dose followed by filter coffee

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  5. Veena Stores

    Malleswaram 15th Cross Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    From 7am until things run out, near 11.30am
    Where
    187, 15th Cross, Margosa Road, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    Coffee plus idli with the mint coconut chutney, taken through the roadside window. There is no seating worth the name. Items run out from mid-morning, so treat eleven as the cut-off.

    What to orderFilter coffee and idli with unlimited mint coconut chutney

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  6. Airlines Hotel

    Madras Bank Road, off Lavelle Road MG Road and central

    Open
    7am to 10pm daily
    Where
    4, Madras Bank Road, off Lavelle Road, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru 560001

    Coffee arrives in a tall glass with the sugar already stirred through, which is rather the point of the place. Sit outside under the trees. Parking is a scrum on weekend mornings.

    What to orderFilter coffee in the tall glass with hot idli

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  7. Indian Coffee House

    Church Street, off MG Road MG Road and central

    Open
    About 8.30am to 7pm daily
    Where
    19, Units 37-38, Ground Floor, Brigade Gardens, Church Street, Bengaluru 560001

    Coffee here comes chicory-free in a cup and saucer, not a tumbler, and pairs with the scrambled eggs. Service is unhurried and nobody moves you on. Skip the newer flavoured drinks.

    What to orderChicory-free filter coffee with scrambled eggs on toast

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  8. Koshy's

    St Mark's Road, Shanthala Nagar MG Road and central

    Open
    9am to 11pm daily
    Where
    39, St Mark's Road, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru 560001

    Their three-bean blend goes through a filter that has been in use since 1940. Order it after the mutton cutlet. Tables turn slowly and the waiters will not chase you, so allow an hour.

    What to orderFilter coffee after a mutton cutlet

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  9. The Rameshwaram Cafe (Indiranagar 12th Main)

    HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar Indiranagar

    Open
    5am to 1am daily
    Where
    2984, 12th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru 560008

    Kaapi with the ghee podi masala dosa, ordered at the counter against a token. The crush is constant from six in the morning, there is barely anywhere to stand, and the ghee is heavy-handed.

    What to orderFilter coffee with ghee podi masala dosa

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  10. Cothas Coffee

    Malleswaram, Sampige Road Malleswaram and Rajajinagar

    Open
    8am to 8pm daily
    Where
    349/1, Sampige Road, Vyalikaval, Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560003

    A powder shop that also pours, so ask for the hot coffee at the counter and buy a packet of the forty per cent chicory blend on the way out. No food here.

    What to orderHot filter coffee at the counter, plus a packet of the restaurant-strength blend

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  11. The Filter Coffee (Kalyan Nagar original)

    HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar Frazer Town and Cantonment

    Open
    7am to 10.30pm daily
    Where
    7th Main Road, HRBR Layout, Kalyan Nagar, Bengaluru 560043

    The by-two coffee is the order, sweeter than most, taken with a ghee podi dosa. Prices have climbed and regulars grumble about it. Come at breakfast rather than for the weekday lunch.

    What to orderBy-two filter coffee with a ghee podi dosa

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  12. Namma Filter Coffee (Jayanagar 3rd Block)

    Jayanagar 3rd Block Basavanagudi and Jayanagar

    Open
    6am to midnight daily
    Where
    176/42, Dinakaran Complex, 22nd Cross, Jayanagar 3rd Block, near NMKRV College, Bengaluru 560011

    Ask for the version with jaggery and hand-churned milk, and take a Congress khara bun with it. This is a 2021 startup rather than an old counter, and the doors open around six in the morning.

    What to orderJaggery filter coffee with hand-churned milk

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