The meeting of Turks with
coffee dates back to 16th century. Coffe was brought to Ottoman Dynasty from
Yemen by governor Ozdemir Pasha in the period of Sultan Suleyman the
magnificent. This taste was spreaded out to Europe by turks and known by
everyone as the Turkish coffee.
Over time the Europeans
have developed the coffee with new additions from their own cultures and made
fastworking machines . Thus Espresso, capuccino, filter coffee and granule
coffee types was created.
The coffee before prepared
it’s grinded. The grinding is done either by pounding in a mortar (the original
method) or using a burr mill. Most domestic coffee mills are unable to grind
finely enough. Kuru kahveci Mehmet Efendi is the first man who grinded and
produced widely turkish coffee and had gained a reputable name .
Breakfast the most
important meal of the day called kahvalti in Turkish language. It is derived from the food eaten before
drinking the turkish coffee . Kahve ( coffee) – alti ( before) .
Another cultural presence
of Turkish coffee is to be found in matrimonial customs. As a matrimonial
prologue the prospective groom's family has to visit the prospective bride's
family to ask their permission and blessings for the marriage. During this
meeting, the prospective bride has to prepare and serve Turkish coffee to the
guests. For the groom's coffee, the bride uses salt instead of sugar to gauge
his character. If the prospective groom drinks his coffee without any sign of
displeasure then the prospective bride assumes that the groom is good tempered
and patient.
How to make turkish Coffee
?
Ingredients
1.5
teaspoon sugar
2teaspoon
fine ground coffee
1
turkish coffee cup ( fincan ) water
(
these ingredients for one person. For
every extra person use the same amount of ingredients.
How to make Turkish coffee?
Pour cold water to
coffee pot (cezve ) and add ground coffee . Stir the coffee in the water slowly. There will be a thick layer of coffee grounds
left at the bottom of your cup for properly made Turkish coffee. Keep stirring in a loew heat. You can add
sugar when the water started to become warm.
Foam will be collected on the top of the water during stirring. Pick up this foam and add this foam to coffee cup before pouring
the prepared coffee. When the coffee started to boil take the coffee pot from
heat and pour it to coffee cup.
Your Turkish
coffee is ready to drink. Enjoy it.