Turkish Coffee

[Thunderscreech]

Anyone here a fan? I just brewed myself up a cup of this wonderful beverage and am now feeling the onrush of a massive caffeine buzz which I hope will help me finish my English paper rough draft.

I go into this after I saw the "Turkish" setting on the grocery store grinder, so I ground some and made my first brew a while ago, and I've been doing it periodically ever since. It's a great substitute for eating. Just don't drink the last 1/4 inch unless you really like coffee grounds.

[Jared Lash]

Are you preparing it Turkish style too?

An ibrik is a handy thing to have but really all you need is a narrow pot (when I was teaching we used a new beaker and a hotplate) and it's important to get the sugar and cardamom to get the real flavor.

[Thunderscreech]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

Are you preparing it Turkish style too?

An ibrik is a handy thing to have but really all you need is a narrow pot (when I was teaching we used a new beaker and a hotplate) and it's important to get the sugar and cardamom to get the real flavor.

Yeah. We had a couple ibirks sitting around my house (this is normal. We have lots of strange things like that just sitting around my house.), and I was like "Hmm". We have no cardamon, so I just use sugar. The grind is necessary, too (when I first made it, I ground the coffee as fine as it would go in my dad's blade grinder. It didn't work too well.)
I'd imagine a new beaker would be more awesome, cause you could see it as it was foaming up, from the sides.

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by Thunderscreech

Yeah. We had a couple ibirks sitting around my house (this is normal. We have lots of strange things like that just sitting around my house.), and I was like "Hmm". We have no cardamon, so I just use sugar. The grind is necessary, too (when I first made it, I ground the coffee as fine as it would go in my dad's blade grinder. It didn't work too well.)
I'd imagine a new beaker would be more awesome, cause you could see it as it was foaming up, from the sides.

Yeah, it was easier in the beaker because you could see it foaming up better. Plus it just looks cool. My buddy Dave Khoury (our biology teacher) generally made the Turkish coffee but I was sure to open up a new beaker to do it. Once our new history teacher (a young guy) came by to get some Turkish coffee but didn't bring a cup. Dave just gave him a beaker from his cabinet and washed it out with a bit of water.

I looked at him incredulously as he drank and finally said, "you know Dave never cleans those beakers. Who knows what was in there last? On the bright side, the new disease that kills you will probably get named after you so you'll be famous."

As for the cardamom, I think it's absolutely necessary. It gives Turkish coffee (or Palestinian coffee in our case - every middle eastern nation lays claim to it in some form) the taste I most associate with that brew.

[Thunderscreech]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

Yeah, it was easier in the beaker because you could see it foaming up better. Plus it just looks cool. My buddy Dave Khoury (our biology teacher) generally made the Turkish coffee but I was sure to open up a new beaker to do it. Once our new history teacher (a young guy) came by to get some Turkish coffee but didn't bring a cup. Dave just gave him a beaker from his cabinet and washed it out with a bit of water.

I looked at him incredulously as he drank and finally said, "you know Dave never cleans those beakers. Who knows what was in there last? On the bright side, the new disease that kills you will probably get named after you so you'll be famous."

As for the cardamom, I think it's absolutely necessary. It gives Turkish coffee (or Palestinian coffee in our case - every middle eastern nation lays claim to it in some form) the taste I most associate with that brew.

I'll have to pick some cardamom up. I used cinnamon once, and that was pretty good.

[Stinsok]

Which would win in a fight, Cuban coffee or Turkish coffee?

[Thunderscreech]

Originally Posted by Stinsok

Which would win in a fight, Cuban coffee or Turkish coffee?

Turkish coffee. it's semi-solid.

[Stinsok]

So is Cuban coffee.

[Thunderscreech]

That changes things.

[Stinsok]

I have never had Turkish coffee, but will look into it. Cuban coffee will put hair on your back.

[Thunderscreech]

Originally Posted by Stinsok

I have never had Turkish coffee, but will look into it. Cuban coffee will put hair on your back.

Turkish Coffee does that to your tongue.

No, seriously.

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by Stinsok

Which would win in a fight, Cuban coffee or Turkish coffee?

Turkish coffee IMO. I just like it more.

But a Cuban sandwich slays a Turkish sandwich. Mostly because I don't know what a Turkish sandwich is.

[funkalicious101]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

Turkish coffee IMO. I just like it more.

But a Cuban sandwich slays a Turkish sandwich. Mostly because I don't know what a Turkish sandwich is.

Turkish Sandwich

[Hawaii Islander]

I used to drink it often while I was stationed in Adana, Turkey for a year. It's been almost 30 years though. I'll have to do something about that!

[Oric]

the local hookah bar offers Turkish coffee, in order to seem semi-authentic, and it's tasty. I drink it dregs and all.

[Thunderscreech]

Originally Posted by Oric

the local hookah bar offers Turkish coffee, in order to seem semi-authentic, and it's tasty. I drink it dregs and all.

That's probably healthy. I think coffee beans have lots of fiber.

[Out_of_Toon]

Originally Posted by Thunderscreech

Anyone here a fan? I just brewed myself up a cup of this wonderful beverage and am now feeling the onrush of a massive caffeine buzz which I hope will help me finish my English paper rough draft.

I go into this after I saw the "Turkish" setting on the grocery store grinder, so I ground some and made my first brew a while ago, and I've been doing it periodically ever since. It's a great substitute for eating. Just don't drink the last 1/4 inch unless you really like coffee grounds.

Ok this is maybe the only thing I'm sure I am an expert at out of all TB members.

No, I'm not a fan, I'm an addict. But that isn't so horrible.

Coming from a a part of the world that has been a part of the Ottoman Empire for nearly 500 years, here, the Turkish coffee is a part of daily life. Fancy stuff like filter etc. never caught up here, really. I (and most of my countrymen) can't get their wits together in the morning without a cup or two (actually, we rather drink it in mugs). I think a nation average is 2 to 3 cups a day, so there you have it, a coffeine-tolerant nation
The background of this is, being a generally poor society for too long, made coffee the only thing available for serving guests at any home at any time.


Now, the first thing that you need is a ''džezva''

That's a special pot to make coffee in (just google for pics).

Then if your beans are already ground, wait for the water (which I assume you've already poured) to come just to the point of boiling (you can let it start boiling, of course, but some of us prefer it this way) and remove the džezva from the stove and drop one or two overfilled teaspoons of coffee in the water and stir. Now put it back on the stove and wait for the mass to reach the top of the džezva (don't let it spill or you'll make a mess of Biblical proportions), then remove. Add sugar (1 spoon of coffee = 1 spoon of sugar or thereabouts, note that sugar should be poured in normally filled teaspoons). I also recommend adding milk at a 1:4 ratio milk:coffee.

Depending on the amount of coffee you poured, you will experience various gastrointestinal problems (a really strong coffee here is called 'abortionette', go figure).
The mud at the bottom actually stays in your stomach in some amounts and gradually increases its vile influence on the human body.

That should be it in short.

Questions?

[Out_of_Toon]

And yeah, if you ever go to Greece, don't even thing about asking for Turkish coffee, ask for Greek. Should keep violence at a minimum.

[Thunderscreech]

Originally Posted by Out_of_Toon

Ok this is maybe the only thing I'm sure I am an expert at out of all TB members.

No, I'm not a fan, I'm an addict. But that isn't so horrible.

Coming from a a part of the world that has been a part of the Ottoman Empire for nearly 500 years, here, the Turkish coffee is a part of daily life. Fancy stuff like filter etc. never caught up here, really. I (and most of my countrymen) can't get their wits together in the morning without a cup or two (actually, we rather drink it in mugs). I think a nation average is 2 to 3 cups a day, so there you have it, a coffeine-tolerant nation
The background of this is, being a generally poor society for too long, made coffee the only thing available for serving guests at any home at any time.


Now, the first thing that you need is a ''džezva''

That's a special pot to make coffee in (just google for pics).

Then if your beans are already ground, wait for the water (which I assume you've already poured) to come just to the point of boiling (you can let it start boiling, of course, but some of us prefer it this way) and remove the džezva from the stove and drop one or two overfilled teaspoons of coffee in the water and stir. Now put it back on the stove and wait for the mass to reach the top of the džezva (don't let it spill or you'll make a mess of Biblical proportions), then remove. Add sugar (1 spoon of coffee = 1 spoon of sugar or thereabouts, note that sugar should be poured in normally filled teaspoons). I also recommend adding milk at a 1:4 ratio milk:coffee.

Depending on the amount of coffee you poured, you will experience various gastrointestinal problems (a really strong coffee here is called 'abortionette', go figure).
The mud at the bottom actually stays in your stomach in some amounts and gradually increases its vile influence on the human body.

That should be it in short.

Questions?

I've never heard of it done that way before. I usually put the water in the...thing...and then let it heat until it foams, and then stir, and then let it foam again, and then take it off. I'll have to try it your way!

[Out_of_Toon]

Originally Posted by Thunderscreech

I've never heard of it done that way before. I usually put the water in the...thing...and then let it heat until it foams, and then stir, and then let it foam again, and then take it off. I'll have to try it your way!

So you do have a džezva (the thing)? Nice!

Well, that should be the 'proper' way, more or less.

It could affect your stomach, though, since you're not accustomed, so don't stray too far away from a toilet

And yes, when washing the cups, make sure the mud at the bottom doesn't get in the sink, rather pour water over it to break it up and then spill it away in the sink, otherwise it could clog it up.