Turkish Coffee Preparation: An Unforgettable Coffee Experience

Turkish coffee preparation  is a complete ritual in Turkey.

Turkish society attaches great importance to cooking, serving and sharing Turkish coffee in daily life practice.

The cultivation, cooking, presentation and expression of Turkish coffee differ from the global coffee drinking culture in many ways.

If you are also interested in the question “What is the right method for Turkish coffee preparation?”

which is among the most frequently asked questions to me, you can start reading my content below for a completely different coffee experience.

What is Turkish Coffee?

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Turkish coffee has become a true classic in Turkey and is one of the most important components of Turkish eating and drinking culture.

It is a type of coffee made by brewing and cooking slowly in boiling water, which is ground very finely.

While pouring into the coffee cups after cooking, the coffee grounds are not filtered and poured into the cups slowly with the coffee.

The expression Turkish coffee does not mean that the coffee is always grown in Turkey.

This coffee has been called Turkish coffee for centuries due to the fact that the ritual of roasting, packaging and presentation style belong to the Turks.

Turkish Coffee History

Today Turkey is a modern, laic and social state with a republicain structure.

But before Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (The Founder of The Modern Turkish Republic, called “Father of Turks” as well) and his teams’efforts, Turkey has been an empire for 600 years.

During the Ottoman Empire, in today’s Istanbul, before the emergence of coffeehouse-style spaces, a select group of people who had access to coffee began to consume this special beverage called coffee, which was appetitive and stimulating to the mind, in their private properties.

From the descriptions of the historical documents of the period, we can deduce that what we are talking about is coffee as we know it today.

Turkish coffee beans were brought from Yemen to Istanbul in sacks via ships and cooked in vats. 

Although Katip Çelebi mentions a ship loaded with coffee sacks that docked in Tophane, Istanbul in 1543 in his written works, it is thought that coffee entered Istanbul before this date.

Professor of History at Harvard University Cemal Kafadar states that one of the earliest written sources mentioning the existence of coffee in Istanbul is a donation document belonging to Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha. 

There is also a Turkish coffee drinking room in Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha’s house, which is one of the properties affiliated to the family foundation registered in 1539.

Pro Tips To Obtain The Best Turkish Coffee

Although the Turkish coffee preparation seems simple, there are some key points in obtaining a proper coffee.

1. If possible, make it by hand instead of a Turkish coffee preparation machine: Those who will make Turkish coffee for the first time may prefer to buy a Turkish coffee machine from time to time.

In this case, after making the settings of the machine, it remains to cook the coffee with a single button.

On the other hand, to be frank, I think that the Turkish coffee preparation machine cannot fully provide the aroma, texture and taste of hand-made Turkish coffee.

2. Pay attention to the freshness of the Turkish coffee beans: If the coffee is stale, you cannot achieve that classic impressive aroma no matter how hard you try.

If you are not going to consume Turkish coffee very often, buy it frequently and in quantities that will run out easily to avoid the risk of staleness.

3. Use a quality copper coffee pot: A coffee pot is your biggest assistant in the process of Turkish coffee preparation. 

In Turkey it’s called “bakır cezve.”

However, in order to keep the consistency of Turkish coffee, it is useful to choose a copper coffee pot, not aluminum coffee pots.

4. Making Turkish coffee slowly and at the lowest temperature:

If you try to prepare Turkish coffee at high temperature to save time, your coffee will have insufficient flavor and foam.

Make sure that the smell, taste, consistency and foam of the coffee you will get will collect all the compliments when you cook it patiently, stirring constantly with a small spoon at the lowest temperature of your stove.

5. Choose To Add Cold Water Instead of Hot Water: If you pour hot water within the coffee pot the Turkish coffee beans would easily get “cooked” without aroma.

The point is to add cold water within the coffee pot, to prepare the coffee on lowest heat, to use a small spoon, to continiously stir until you get the first boiling signal.

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Here is the step-by-step instructions for the best Turkish coffee making experience:

1. Put 2 tea spoon of ground Turkish coffee per serving into the copper pot.
2. Calculate and add the sugar such as: For low sugared Turkish coffee 1 full tea spoon of sugar per serving

For medium sugered Turkish coffee add 1+5 tea spoon of sugar per serving,

For highly sugered Turkish coffee add 2 tea spoon of sugar per serving into the pot.

3. Add cold water into the pot (use the same coffee cup) 1 cup of cold water per serving

4. Do not blend them before the coffee gets heated.

If not you would kill the foam before it appears.

5. Choose the lowest heat and start blending the coffee, water and sugar with slow circular motions on heat.

6.Never stop blending until you see the first boiling signal. (Patience needed:)

7.When you see the foam and boiling signal take the appeared foam off the pot and put the foam into the Turkish coffee cups with help of

tea spoon.

8.Continue stirring on lowest heat and when the coffee got completely boiled add the coffee within the coffee cups.

That’s it for the preparation steps. 😎

Now that you should be able to smell the hypnotizing Turkish coffee smell in your kitchen.

Turkish Coffee Fortune Telling Tradition

Turkish coffee fortune telling tradition is all about the fun part of Turkish coffee ritual.

When you finish your cofee, you will see some coffee grounds within your coffee cup.

You turn your coffee cup upside down on your coffee cup’s small plate.

You wait until it gets cold.

Then a talented Turkish coffee fortune teller (if there is any among the guests) starts interpreting your future looking at your coffee cup.

The appeared images, symbols composed of the left and cooled down ground coffee are telling so much about your future.

It’s really so much fun.

Turkish Coffee Foam: How To Obtain It?

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Turkish coffee foam is one of the most important signals about the succeess of the cook.

If there is no foam on the coffee, then it’s been considered as a “failed” Turkish coffee. 😊

To get the foam be sure to remember these instructions:

1. The coffee beans sould be fresh enough.
2. The water that you add into the coffee pot should be cold.
3. It’s more difficult to obtain the foam when you make a totally sugerless Turkish coffee.
4. The heat should be minimum.
5. You should continiously blend and stir the coffe water and sugar with slow motions.

If you stir too quickly you would kill the foam before it appears.

6.You should remove the foam quickly off the pot with help of a small spoon and pour it into the coffee cups when you see the first boiling signal.

If you miss it, the appeared foam would get disappeared.

All those steps may look a little bit of demanding at first but believe me, it’s just a matter of practice.

In your second or third Turkish coffee preparation, you can serve it just like a pro.

Where To Buy The Best Turkish Coffee Brand?

If you wish to buy and make Turkish coffee, I can advise you 2 most prestigious Turkish brands:

1. Selamlique 

You may visit here  👉👉👉   the www.selamlique.com , they are available in Turkey, Canada, Germany, France, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, UK, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Trnc.

Selamlique brand belongs to a very well-known, rooted Turkish elite family.

They have taken the responsability to represent the Turkish culture globally and Selamlique brand is one of their occupation areas.

The term “selamlique” comes from the Ottoman Empire Ages.

Among their coffee portfolio you may find:

• traditional Turkish coffee capsules,
• dark roast Turkish coffee capsules,
• decaf Turkish coffee versions,
• cardamon, mastic, chocolate, cinnamon, orange Turkish coffee, rose Turkish coffee versions.

They all are available in my kitchen; I love them all🥰😍

2.Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi: This very popular Turkish coffee brand has been built in 1871 in Eminonu Istanbul.

Since 1930s, Kurucukahveci Mehmet Efendi is representing and promoting Turkish coffee all over the world.

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For all the necessary info you may like to visit 👉👉👉 mehmetefendi.com 

If you visit Istanbul, you may visit Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi stores in Eminonu(Europen side) or in Kadikoy(Anatolian side) branch for an original coffee experience.

How To Store The Turkish Coffee?

Storing step of the Turkish coffee is crucial.

Because to always get the best aroma and texture, the ground coffee or the coffee beans should be kept fresh.

I always use and advise you to use a vacuum container to keep the freshness of the coffee beans.

Another good way of keeping them fresh is to buy them in one usage packaging forms so that you open the package only once before the preparation process.

What You Can Serve With Turkish Coffee?

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Turkish coffee can be served after the breakfast (nearly at 11:00 A.M.)

After the lunch or in tea time,

or after the dinner.

Attention, it’s not consumed during the breakfast, lunch or dinner.

The smell and the taste are hypnotizing but frankly The Turkish Coffee is strong.

Maybe stronger than an espresso.

So most of the time, it’s been served with some water, Turkish delights, candies, cookies, cakes, with some appetizers at tea time or with some liqueurs.

If you ask my Turkish coffee serving suggestions,

I serve Turkish Coffee some times:

-with some Turkish Baklava Dessert and water

or with some Turkish Delights and liqueurs

or with Semolina Halva Recipe Turkish Style 

or with my favorite Cake With Oranges, some Pralines and some Orange Liqueur

or with my Chocolate Cake With Chocolate Liqueur

or with Easy Magnolia Pudding With Strawberry 

Sharing Turkish coffee ritual with my friends and loved ones has always been so special for me.

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Final Words About Turkish Style Coffee Preparation

Turkish coffee preparation is some sort of magic for us the Turks and for all the coffee lovers.

A cup of Turkish coffee is not only a cup of coffee.

In Turkish language there is a saying: “Bir fincan kahvenin 40 yıl hatırı vardır.”

which means approximately: “Sharing a cup of coffee creates a solid friendship which will last for 40 years.”

So serving and having Turkish coffee together means to us solidarity, sharing, caring, friendship, dreaming about our fortune and so much more…

I know some of you will think that the Turkish coffee preparation is a bit demanding.

But it’s also a way of showing a warm hospitality to our guests since hospitality is traditional in Turkey.

If you are a coffee lover and if you haven’t tried Turkish coffee preparation experince, you miss a lot believe me.

I hope you find my recipe easily doable and make Turkish coffee for yourself and for your loved ones with joy and contentment.

Traditional Turkish Coffee

An original coffee experience with its taste,smell and preparation ritual for all the coffee lovers

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Cook Time 4 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine Turkish

Servings 2 people

Equipment

• 1 pot cupper
• 1 tea spoon

Ingredients

  

• 3 tea spoon ground Turkish coffee
• 2 coffee cups water cold
• 2 tea spoon sugar

Instructions

 

• Add water, ground coffee and sugar within the cupper pot.
• Place the pot on stove and start boiling the coffee on the lowest heat.
• Continiously blend the ingredients with help of a small tea spoon.
• When the coffee starts boiling take the foam off the coffee using the spoon and put the foam within the coffee cups.
• Continue boiling the coffee for 1 more minute and then pour the rest within the coffee cups.

Notes

1.Use cold water when making Turkish coffee.

2.Prefer a cupper pot for better coffee taste and texture. 

3.Always prefer the lowest heat for making Turkish coffee if not your coffee foam would be lost and the taste wouldn't be the same. 

4. Turkish coffee is strong. Prefer not more than 2 cups in a day and serve it always with some water or liqueurs. 

Bon Appétit! 

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