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

This article will introduce.

Turkish coffee has a long history but is not popular.

Why should we try Turkish coffee?

The steps of making Turkish coffee

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.

Turkish study: coffee can resist Oxidation

Cardiovascular experts in Turkey have found that coffee is antioxidant, and claim that children can also use coffee, which is a good drink under appropriate circumstances, but it is also recommended to use "sugar-free coffee". After all, sugar will affect the development of children, so I have read many articles saying that children should not eat too many snacks, colas or sugary drinks. Coffee is one of the natural drinks, the same as tea, if fresh coffee beans are more added.

The structure and principle of Turkish coffee pot

Several methods of brewing coffee are nothing more than brewing, brewing, and filtering, while Turkish coffee is "boiled" in its coffee pot. The structure of the coffee pot is shown in the picture. At first, boiled water, freshly ground coffee powder and sugar are boiled together over low heat. Sugar is added first, and the sweetness of a cup of Turkish coffee is determined when it is made. As it spreads to Greece and other regions, there is also a sugar-free way to drink.

After the first boiling, the coffee pot will be taken out to cool for a few seconds and then heated back to the stove to boil, which will make the coffee taste more mellow; while boiling, the coffee will continue to rise and bubble, be careful not to let the coffee come out.

Turkish coffee is not filtered, and when powdered water is boiled together, it is inevitable to drink coffee grounds. Don't hate it. This is one of the essence of Turkish coffee. ── Turkish coffee divination can be used as divination from the pattern of coffee grounds. Fala inanma fals coffee kalma is a Turkish proverb that tells people not to just believe in divination, but divination still has its benefits. Like coffee grounds, this brewing method will make the coffee more full-bodied, although it may cause a dregs taste.

Methods and steps of brewing Turkish coffee

Equipment for Turkish coffee:

Turkish coffee pot

Water (cold or warm)

Coffee cup (capacity does not need too much)

Bean grinder (coffee needs to be concentrated synonymous with fine powder)

Heating source

Turkish coffee brewing steps:

Add the coffee pot to the water, turn the fire to a strong fire, and wait for the temperature of the water to rise.

Add a spoonful of coffee powder to about 15 grams to make 90 ml coffee. When adding, do not stir, let the coffee powder float on top.

With or without sugar, there is no need to stir for a while.

When the temperature is higher, begin to melt the sugar and coffee powder, and you can start stirring, and turn the heat down, slowly stirring several times.

Wait for the coffee to bubble to the surface, the coffee pot will first remove the fire source, at this time the bubble should be small.

Pay attention to the temperature of the coffee, many teachers say let the coffee boil, but the correct cooking method is not boiling, the correct drinking temperature is about 70-80 degrees C, if the temperature is too high, these coffee bubbles will evaporate.

Put the coffee pot back to the fire and let the bubbles appear slowly. There is a saying that the more bubbles you have, the more fresh coffee you will have. Repeat steps five to seven two to three times to make a good cup of Turkish coffee!

Turkish coffee divination

After drinking coffee, because there will be a lot of residue left in the way of brewing, leave the last sip, pour the cup onto the plate, wait for the cup to cool, and watch the shape of coffee grounds in the cup. This is a fortune teller from ancient times to today. According to legend, if there is a pattern in the cup, its meaning is as follows:

Circle-Marriage, New Love

Square-A happy marriage or family

Bow-good things happen

The door-- A good opportunity comes.

Birds-- A good thing

Mermaid-success in Business and Love

Full Moon-Love

Lack of moon-good luck

Flowers-- happiness

Fish-promotion

Dog-Friendship

Flag-Family and career crisis

Gun-complaining

Knife-breakup crisis

Ravens-- bad news

Volcano-out of control

Rope-disease

Cat-- Bad friend

Conclusion

Turkish coffee is said to be the oldest way of cooking coffee. Some people may not have tried it, but it is difficult to touch this kind of coffee in Taiwan. Moreover, real Turkish coffee is actually cooked with hot sand, and there are also World Turkish Coffee competitions. Like other Aeropress, hand brewing, Barista barista competitions, and so on, good players from all countries gather together to compete. It just so happens that there are still some people in Taiwan who have done research in this area, and even opened a shop! That is "step by step / Kopi Ibrik" in Tianmu, Taipei. You can try it if you have a chance!