Turkish coffee?

Does anyone knows how to prepare a real Turkish coffee? Thanks a lot.

Reply to
Merima
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Turkish coffee is pretty easy. You use a small pot with a long handle (so you don't get burned) Add water, add coffee to the water, let it come to a boil and remove, you do this three times bringing it to a boil and removing it from the heat. Then gently pour the coffee into small cups the grounds should stay at the bottom of the pot.

Reply to
InsomniaJava

Here's how I make mine:

Put two cups of water in a small pot. I use a 20 oz. briki (the coffee pot with the tapered sides) to raise a lot of foam, but you can first try it and get the hang of it in any old pot.

Prepare your coffee. You'll have to adjust your grind to as fine as possible - on my Rocky I set it just above a squeal! Take 8 level teaspoons of ground coffee and put it in a small side dish. Then crush 2 seeds of cardamom (not pods, seeds!: if it's real fresh cardamom, you'll overpower the coffee if you use more) in a mortar and pestle and add that to the coffee.

Now turn the heat up high. At an almost boil, add 1 teaspoon of sugar and mix it in.

As soon as the water is boiling, back off the heat to high (I drop it to 8 on my boiler). Let that sit for a few seconds to stop the boil.

Now add your coffee and cardamom - AND BE READY! As soon as you add the coffee, it's going to foam up quickly, so be ready to take the pot off. When it starts foaming up, mix it gently in an VERTICAL circle, not round and round. The idea is to mix some air into it.

You want to caramelize the sugar and "cook" the coffee for 15 seconds or so as it's foaming. Then take it off the heat and let it settle.

So after this, you'll get an idea of the taste and texture. You should aim for a real creamy mouth feel. You'll probably want to adjust how much sugar, coffee and cardamom, etc. you put in the next batch.

You can also play with the spices. I've used cinnamon and cloves instead of cardamom and the results were excellent too.

B

Reply to
Nathalie

"InsomniaJava" wrote

The grind is very important for Turkish coffee. It is a VERY fine ground - could even be called a powder. For more information, go to

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and click on Ibrik or Turkish coffee.

Jean :~)

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Starsha

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