Photo Guide: How to Make Turkish Coffee

This is a photo guide showing how you can make Turkish coffee by using pot. But, please don't forget that you can find a number of different recipes to make Turkish coffee.

Actually, there isn't a single best way to brew Turkish coffee. You know what, I like this situation :) Because, it gives you chance of creating your own Turkish coffee according to your taste and preferences.

Before starting, to learn more about how to make Turkish coffee you can read this article.

Ingredients
Turkish coffee powder (finest coffee powder) *
Cold water
Sugar (if it's desired)

* I assume you're using roasted and ground Turkish coffee. Of course, if you can roast and grind your own coffee, it will always give you better coffee taste. To learn more about grinding process, you can take a look at Turkish hand grinders articles..

Equipments
Pot (cezve), Heating device, Teaspoon, Coffee cup (fincan)

Step 1
Okay! We're starting, get ready! :) Get your cold water and fill up your coffee cup with it.





Step 2
Pour water into your pot.








Step 3
If you want to add sugar, this is the time. If you are hesitant about amount of sugar to be added, start with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Then change according to your experience.



Step 4
Now, it's time to pour Turkish coffee. As I told, here I'm using pre-grinded coffee. Traditionally, you should put 2 teaspoons coffee (about 5 gram). My spoon doubles teaspoon, so I put only one spoon of coffee.


Step 5
Okay, now tricky part is starting :) Heating is a very significant step in making Turkish coffee. Actually, it's not hard, but you've to pay attention. Put your pot on low flame. If you take your eye off during the brewing process, then it can overflow in a blink of the eye :-)

Step 6
When you put your pot on flame, stir mixture for once (about one or two seconds) to get a homogeneous liquid.





Step 7
When the coffee almost boils, pour some of it into the coffee cup by using your teaspoon to get the foam. If you make coffee for more than one cup, then pour it equally among the cups. Allow the remaining coffee to brew a while longer before adding it to the cups. Actually, you can repeat this process 2 or 3 times. It depends on your patience :) Rule of thumb is 3 times. Thinking behind this step is to have good quality foam. My suggestion is to start with only one time.

Step 8
If you come until this step, it means you're so close to drink a cup of delicious Turkish coffee! :) As you noticed, Turkish style does not have a filtering process at any time. So, it is better to wait for a while (between 30 seconds to a minute) before drinking your coffee to let the coffee grounds settle at the bottom of the cup. By the way, the coffee grounds sink to the bottom shouldn't be consumed.

Now you can enjoy your coffee! :-) By the way, please don't forget drinking Turkish coffee shouldn't be done in hurry. Take a seat in a comfortable chair and then take a sip from your coffee to enjoy the moment! :)

Afiyet Olsun! (Bon Appetite!)

Mahir’s Turkish Coffee Blog

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