Basic knowledge of tasting Greek coffee and fine coffee

The Greeks are a coffee drinker. With plenty of time and a leisurely life, Greek cafes abound. There are three types of coffee in Greece: espresso is strong coffee, cappuccino is hot coffee with milk, and fredo is iced coffee with milk.

If you meet a native in Greece, you're sure he'll invite you to a traditional cafe. There are three kinds of coffee in Greece. You can drink so-called American coffee and instant Nespresso coffee, but drinking traditional Greek coffee is also very interesting. Traditional Greek coffee, formerly known as Turkish coffee. However, due to the continuous territorial disputes between Greece and Turkey, under the influence of nationalism,

Many years ago, it was called Greek coffee. If you still don't know how to call Turkish coffee, you're going to see the Greeks roll their eyes at you. Traditional Greek coffee does not use filter paper or filter, but uses a stainless steel pot called Briki to directly boil coffee, the so-called direct, that is, the Greek coffee powder is put into the pot, and the boiling water is stirred and dissolved, so the coffee poured into the coffee cup still has coffee foam (generally called residue). You only need to think about it, when we make tea, if we put the tea directly into the pot and boil it, then compare the general way of making tea, you can understand the difference.

When drinking Greek coffee, some people also combine lemon peel oil, which is not only fresh, but also has a lemon fragrance. When drinking, apply lemon peel around the mouth of the cup to maintain the freshness of the taste, then twist the lemon slices by hand, so that the dripping juice and coffee foam are dissolved, and then throw the lemon slices into the cup. After a few seconds, the coffee grounds are completely precipitated at the bottom of the cup, and you can drink this sweet and mellow traditional Greek coffee.

Greek coffee is cream-free, but if you prefer a sweeter coffee, you can add a little sugar when brewing. Cinnamon, cardamom and coriander can be added according to personal taste. How much sugar to add can generally be divided into three grades, sweet (Gligi), medium (Metrio), and unsweetened (Skaito). If you want to try bitter coffee without sugar, you will suffer, but you may get the admiration of the Greeks.

After drinking coffee, pour the empty cup with residue into the coffee tray and put it away a few seconds later. There are some Greeks, especially old ladies, who like to look at the shapes formed by the dregs and play fortune-telling games.