What Is Turkish Coffee? Cezve, Sade, Orta, Şekerli, Greek & Cypriot Coffee Explained
Turkish coffee is the oldest small-cup coffee tradition in the world. It is the original espresso-style drink — small, intense, sweetened to taste, finished in 10-15 minutes — and it predates Italian espresso by roughly 350 years. The basic technique is the same one developed in Istanbul kitchens in the late 1500s: very finely ground coffee, cold water, optional sugar, all simmered together in a small long-handled copper pot called a cezve, then poured (grounds and all) into a small demitasse cup. The grounds settle to the bottom; a thick tan foam called kaymak crowns the top. ...