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Any turkish people out there who make turkish coffee at home?

I have tried to make turkish coffee over and over and over and I can't seem to do it. Here's my problem... I have an ibrik and I DO get the foam in the ibrik and take it off the fire when it foams. But the problem is after I pour the coffee in the cup. The foam in the cup stays only for a few minutes. The coffee is too hot to drink at first so I have to wait about 5 to 7 minutes for it to cool down enough so that I can drink it safely... but by the time 5-7 minutes are up all the foam evaporates from the cup! Then I'm left with coffee with no foam. :(

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  • Remzy
    Lv 4
    10 years ago
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    Try taking the foam off the ibrik into the cup with a teaspoon when the foam is thickest. Then go on with the boiling until it starts sizzling (takes around 30 secs or a min depending on the fire). Let the coffee cool in the ibrik for a few mins and than pour it in the cup. While pouring, try to pour at the side of the foam not in the centre (in other words do not disturb the foam) But beware, even when you do it like that the foam will most possibly disappear after 7 mins. No foam can last that long.

    Source(s): I am Turkish and that's how my mom prepares my coffee :)
  • amada
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    World-famous Turkish coffee (Türk kahvesi) is made by pulverizing freshly-roasted medium-roast beans in a mortar and pestle, or grinding them very fine in a cylindrical brass coffee mill (kahve değirmeni).

    Here's how to order Türk kahvesi when you're in Turkey:

    Sade (sah-DEH) - plain, no sugar (fairly bitter)

    Az şekerli (AHZ sheh-kehr-lee) - with a little sugar (takes off the bitter edge; less than a teaspoon per cup)

    Orta şekerli (ohr-TAH sheh-kehr-lee) - with medium sugar (sweetish; about a teaspoon of sugar for each cup)

    Çok şekerli (CHOK sheh-kehr-lee) - with lots of sugar (quite sweet; two teaspoons of sugar or more)

    Here's how to make your own Turkish coffee:

    Put the coffee powder (about one teaspoon per demi-tasse cup of coffee) into a cezve (JEZZ-veh), a special pot with a wide bottom, narrower neck, a spout, and a long handle. Add sugar and a Turkish coffee cup (fıncan) of cold water for each cup of coffee you're making, then heat the brew to frothing three times. (When the froth reaches the cezve's narrow neck, it's a sign to remove the pot from the heat and let the froth recede.)

    After the third froth-up, pour a bit of the froth into each cup. Bring the liquid still in the cezve to the froth-point once more, then pour it immediately, muddy grounds and all, into the Turkish coffee cups, which are smaller than demi-tasse cups.

    Wait at least a minute for the grounds to settle before you pick up the tiny cup and sip. Enjoy the rich, thick flavor, but stop sipping when you taste the grounds coming through. Leave the “mud” in the bottom of the cup.

    P.S

    You don't drink the coffee, you take small sips, you start sipping it when it's hot. :

  • 10 years ago

    Are u stirring through entire boiling process?

    Are these best quality beans, ground very fine?:)

    Coffee should sit a bit prior to...

    This isn't American frothy coffee - Turkish should be simply strong.

    Source(s): Some of my maternal side of the family is from the region.
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    you have to drink it when it was hot

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