Turkish coffee

TURKISH COFFEE

The Turks have a number of drinks that can be considered to be their national drink. Like the famous Turkish apple tea, Turkish coffee is also one of those that are deeply embedded in their culture. But unlike the tea which can be consumed anywhere and at any time when it comes to coffee there are rituals to follow and rules to abide by. Strange as it may seem coffee has many things associated with it in Turkey and it is rightfully said that coffee has created its own culture in Turkey. 

As well as an everyday drink,  Turkish coffee is also a part of Turkish wedding custom. As an introduction to marriage, the groom's family  must visit the bride's family to ask permission for and blessings for the upcoming marriage. During this meeting, the bride must prepare and serve Turkish coffee to the guests. For the groom's coffee, the bride usually adds salt or hot pepper instead of sugar to the coffee, to check on his character. If the groom drinks his coffee without any displeasure,  the bride to be assumes that the groom is good tempered and patience.

Ingredients:

Turkish coffee

sugar

cold water

Methods:

Step 1. Prepare the demitasse cups sided with either turkish delights or chocolate.. then served with a glass of cold water to 

freshen the mouth, to better  taste  the coffee.

 Step 2.  In a clean cezve ( basically a tiny ewer) as shown in the picture, pour cold water based on the number of demitasse cups that you have to serve. The measurement of your water will be based on your demitasse cups that you will be serving.

Step 3. To the cold water in the cezve, add the turkish coffee.. with 1 to 2 teaspoons / demitasse cups. . ( 4 demitasse cups would need 4 tsps-8 tsps. ). the coffee and sugar are usually added to the water rather than being put into the pot first. For the sugar.. there are 4 types of sweetness in their coffee : sade (plain/no sugar); az şekerli ( less sugar, half teaspoon); orta şekerli (medium sugar, 1 teaspoon) ; çok şekerli ( a lot of 

                                                       sugar, 11/2- 2 tsps. )

Step 4. Stir awhile until sugar is dissolved and coffee sinks., remove the spoon and cook in a low heat... NO STIRRING ON THIS TIME as it would dissolve the foam. Foam is important in this kind of coffee. 

Step 5. When foam appears on the pot, just as the coffee is about to boil,  remove from fire and distribute evenly the foam into your prepared demitasse cups. Put the pot back to the fire and let it boil for 2nd time, remove from heat.

Step 6.  Pour slowly the coffee into the demitasse cups taking care of the foam not to be dissolved. Getting the thickest layer of foam is the master's art in coffee...

Step 7. Serve!! enjoy!!!














thanks to Zehra Gül Gültekin!!!