Turkish Coffee Recipe

The aroma of hot, brewing coffee is what kick starts the day for most of the people. A cup of sizzling coffee with newspaper is the perfect start for the day, keeping people fresh and energetic throughout. Coffee lovers never leave any opportunity to try out and appreciate new flavors of coffee. One such flavor which no true coffee lover would miss an opportunity to taste is the ‘Turkish coffee’. Turkish coffee is different in taste and flavor than any other regular coffee. Once a person gets a taste of it, he/she would find it difficult to go back to drinking any other coffee. Turkish coffee is famous all over the world for its unique method of preparation. The special coffee beans from Turkey are used for making different coffee recipes. The coffee beans are roasted, before grinding, which lends an authentic taste to the brew. In case you too want to taste Turkish coffee, reading this article would be of help. In the following lines, we have provided how to make Turkish coffee at home.

How To Make Turkish Coffee

Turkish Coffee With Cardamom

Ingredients

1 tbsp Coffee (Finely Grounded and Powdered)
1 cup Water
Sugar (Optional)
1/8 tsp Ground Cardamom

Preparation

Bring water and sugar to boil in a water heater or in a saucepan.
Remove the sugar water from heat and add coffee and cardamom.
Put the saucepan back on heat and allow it to come to boil. Remove from heat when coffee foams.
Pour into individual cups and allow it to set for a while for few minutes, so that the sediments settle down.

Turkish Coffee Recipe With Ouzo

Ingredients

1 tsp Ouzo
2-3 oz Water
2 tsp of Greek Coffee
2 tsp Sugar

Preparation

Boil the water. When it comes to boil, add sugar and remove from heat.
Add Greek coffee and bring back to boil, till the coffee foams out.
Once the coffee is done, add ouzo to it and serve hot.

Turkish Coffee Recipe With Milk

Ingredients

2 tbsp Milk
2 tsp Ground Turkish Coffee
1 cup Cold Water
Sugar as per taste

Preparation

Add water and milk to a coffee pot and bring it to boil over medium heat.
Remove the pot from heat and add Turkish ground Coffee into the pot, along with desired amount of sugar.
Allow the mixture to boil, until you see froth appearing on the top of the pot.
Remove the pot from heat and let the froth subside. Bring it back on flame and let it boil once more till the froth reappears.
Pour it into small cups and wait for a minute before serving, for the coffee grounds to settle down.

Turkish Coffee Recipe With Cognac

Ingredients

2 tsp Ground Turkish Coffee
1 tsp Cognac
2 tsp Sugar
1 cup Cold Water

Preparation

Bring the water to boil. Remove the pot from heat and add freshly grounded Turkish coffee, along with sugar.
Place the pot on flame and allow the coffee to come to boil.
Once you see froth appearing, remove the pot from flame, until the froth settles down and put the pot back again to boil after that.
Add cognac after boiling the coffee two times, before pouring it into small cups.
Wait for 1 minute before serving, for the sediments to settle at the bottom.

Turkish Coffee With Honey

Ingredients

1 tsp Honey
1 cup Cold Water
2 tsp Turkish Coffee

Preparation

Bring the water to boil.
Once boiled, remove the pot from heat and add freshly grounded Turkish coffee.
Place the pot once again on the flame and allow the coffee to come to boil.
Once you are done with brewing your coffee, add honey to it before serving.

Turkish Coffee With Whiskey

Ingredients

1 tsp Whisky
2 tsp Turkish Coffee
Cold Water
2 tsp Sugar (Optional)

Preparation

Bring the water to boil. After boiling, remove it from heat and add Turkish coffee and whisky.
Whisky is added in the early stages for the alcohol to evaporate while brewing, to have less alcohol taste at the end.
Bring the coffee to boil for 2 to 3 times.
Pour into small cups and wait for a minute before serving. This would allow the sediments to settle at the bottom.

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