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How to brew coffee using Coffee Sock (a method popular in Singapore and Malaysia).

What you need for 1 to 2 cups of kopi(coffee in local slang): 2 cups/brewing vessels 1 coffee sock (The one we have is good for 1 – 5 serves) Freshly ground kopi powder (2 – 3 tbsp, approximately 15 – 20g)  Hot water (1 cup, approximately 250ml)  Steps We recommend using a  medium   grind  for your kopi powder. Using too fine a grind may result in some coffee grounds passing through the filter, leaving a gritty feeling when you drink the coffee, or choke the filter and give you a really bitter tasting cup of kopi. Pre-heat the vessel and sock filter by rinsing them with hot water before brewing. Put an appropriate amount of coffee grounds (we recommend about 2 – 3tbsp, approximately 15 – 20g) into one of your brewing vessels. For this post, we used 3 tbsp which came up to approximately 20g. Feel free to adjust based on your taste preference! Pour the 250ml of hot water into the vessel with the coffee grounds.  Watch the magic happen as the coffee grounds slowly expand and form a crust ...