How to prepare Turkish coffee
Two coffees I have never had and want to try are Cuban coffee and Turkish coffee. Thanks to CoffeeTweet, today I found several videos on YouTube about how to prepare Turkish coffee. The video below, “How To Make The Perfect Cup of Turkish Coffee”, is a nice short and sweet primer on the basics of Turkish coffee in 3 easy steps. I’m wondering if there is anywhere locally in the 417 area where you can buy Turkish coffee in a jar like they show in the video. Or better yet, I’ll do some research and fine some good beans for use in Turkish coffee and grind it to the proper consistency. Fresh ground coffee will always taste better than coffee from a jar.
A commenter on the YouTube video asks “What if you don’t have an ibrik?” and someone responded “Any small pot with a narrower top than bottom will do. It’s possible to find them in many Turkish/Mediterranean stores for eight dollars or so.” That’s a good start. Other commenters note that Serbians and Bosnians use similar methods only they boil the water first before they add the coffee. Another comment suggests putting the coffee in first and letting it “bake” a little before adding the water, and another says that he doesn’t stir the mixture at first but allows it to sit and warm for a while before he stirs.
Regardless of your specific method, the commenters agree that Turkish coffee is strong, much like espresso, if not stronger. Let me know if you’ve tried Turkish coffee (or Cuban coffee, for that matter) and your thoughts.
First of all, it’s Greek Coffee, not Turkish coffee! I’ll let you borrow my Briki if you want to try it. I also have a good recipe. I’ve had the pre-bagged Greek coffee & I’d definitely use fresh ground. If you come to the Greek Festival in Sept. we’ll be serving it in the kafesio.
How funny — I never tagged you as Greek! Sorry — I should have caught that one.
Sorry, Wikipedia doesn’t make any reference to the Greek origin, so I’m sticking with Turkish. I even tried to type in Greek_coffee as the Wikipedia URL and it redirected to the Turkish coffee page, and we all know that everything you read on Wikipedia is true: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee
Springfield has a Greek festival? I’ve missed this too! That sounds fun.
So, what kind of beans do you use?
I’m writing a blog about Turkish coffee, and I have been collecting information about this coffee for years…
Name of this coffee is “Turkish coffee”. It’s not something racial. The coffee had gotten this name because of historical reasons. That’s all.
Is it possible to change the name Russian salad, French kiss, or French fry? It’s the same logic in Turkish coffee case too…
You can find more information on this issue, if you check out the link below.
Variants of Turkish Coffee