An introduction to Turkish Coffee Culture unveils the special and mysterious veil of Turkish coffee why it drinks native ear.

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Turkish coffee: exotic coffee flavor, not only coffee but also life

Coffee was popular and traded in the early days of Islam. In history, Islam also expanded its territory to two continents in Europe and Asia, and the cooking method of coffee also evolved with time and spread to countries. The Vietnamese coffee introduced earlier, because most of the beans grown are robusta beans, with sweet condensed milk become a characteristic Vietnamese coffee. As a matter of fact, Turkish coffee has been around for a long time. Let's introduce Turkish coffee.

Unpopular Turkish Coffee: why?

Maybe if you drink coffee for many years, such as espresso Espresso, American coffee, French filter French Press, flannel Nel Drip or Japanese handmade coffee, you will find that the countries where these coffees are strong after the 20th century. Why did this happen? Japan's coffee culture is inherited from Europe, which is a region dominated by God, Orthodox and Christianity, while historically, these mainstream denominations in Europe do not welcome Islam, and Turkey is a Muslim country.

The strength of Western countries also indirectly hindered the spread of Turkish coffee, and Western countries also through their own research and invention of many ways of brewing coffee, such as high temperature and high pressure Espresso, rich such as legal pressure, delicate taste of hand brewing, and so on, has gradually become the mainstream way of coffee brewing in the world, while Taiwan's coffee culture is more influenced by Japan, so it is rare to see Turkish coffee pots. The prevailing areas are mainly in Arab countries, and even spread to Greece, North Africa and other kingdoms previously ruled by Ottoman Turkey.

Turkish Coffee: unveiling the Special and Mystery

A special coffee pot / pot

The coffee pot Ibrik/Cezve is like a copper pot with a long handle, which was very difficult to find in early Taiwan, but it is relatively easy to buy under the convenience of online shopping in recent years, such as Amazon Amazon, Ebay, Rakuten or the well-known coffee brand Kalita also makes Turkish coffee pot Ibrik. In modeling, there may be a variety of decorations made by different brands, many beautiful ones like works of art, but also have the smell of mysterious veil in the Middle East, the material is divided into copper, stainless steel, etc., because it has to be "boiled". So we should also consider the rate of heat conduction on the material or cleaning and so on.

Why do you drink Turkish coffee?

Slow down your body and mind.

Turkish coffee needs to be carefully brewed and prepared. It is not a ready-to-use drink. In the busy social life, let your body and mind slow down and brew Turkish coffee to recharge your body and mind.

Train patience

You must take good care of each cooking process, which takes five to ten minutes. This kind of slow food is also on the rise. Take care of the food with patience and quality, and you will never be ashamed of the taste buds.

Relax your mind.

When you prepare all the processes and brew the coffee, you usually calm your body and mind, sit down and enjoy a good cup of coffee and enjoy the moment.

Enhance mutual friendship

In Turkish tradition, Turkish coffee is made for people you value, such as family, lover, friends or business partners, so that everyone can sit together and chat. Although it is convenient to use LINE or Facebook now, it is important to sit face to face together.