Wednesday, May 16, 2007

How to make a Turkish coffee

I found a book that said something about how to make a Turkish coffee. First you need to pour three small cups of water into the special coffeepot called a jezue. Heat the water until it boils. Then remove the pot from the heat. Add three spoons of coffee and sugar to the water. Gently stir the mixture and return it to the heat until you can see foam on the top. After that, Take the jezue from the heat and hit it lightly with a spoon to make the foam go down. Reheat the coffee and tap the pot two more times, making sure to remove it from the heat each time the foam forms. Give everyone a small glass of cold water to drink with their hot, thick coffee.

I think the step is a little bit complicated; the coffee needs to be reheated again and again. And usually it's hard for people to find the special pot called jezue. In order to make the foam go down, removing the pot from the heat is troublesome. But it sounds interesting to have the kind of coffee like this, as long as it had been prepared by others.

photo from http://www.paulawalla.com/pics/tu_coffee_giftset.jpg

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