Turkish Coffee

[RexBeck]

This is basically the only method I use to make coffee to accompany my smokes! I have like Turkish coffee ever since the first time I tried it; which was one of the most fun experiences of my life, which involved an exchange of a hookah session for the most amazing Turk brew I have had in my entire experience with it; and a trade of some nice sticks for a good 'ol fashion brass Ibrik from somewhere in Iran I believe...

Ahh Good times, coffee and great smokes leads to meeting great people.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by RexBeck

This is basically the only method I use to make coffee to accompany my smokes... ... Ahh Good times, coffee and great smokes leads to meeting great people.

Go Rex!

[Mister Moo]

Final notes on turkish coffee...

1. Thanks, imthegoal, for turning me on to this stuff. I am really crazy about it.
2. No matter what you think, it is not even slightly icky to drink something with cardamom and a teaspoon of ground up coffee powder stirred in.
3. It is easy to make and has a great taste you won't forget.
4. The shape of the coffee cup matters somewhat. A classic turkish demitasse, straight sided and tapering down to a small flat bottom, keeps the Jello-like grounds in one place (on the bottom) as you tip and sip.
5. Some grounds in your mouth, if it even happens, go almost unnoticed. Grounds are neither gritty nor bitter - practically invisible. They just signal you've come to the end of the cup and it's time to make another.
6. Six ounces in the evening doesn't keep me awake and I am pretty sensitive to caffeine.
7. If you read this far and never made (or drank) turkish coffee it is time to have at it. Try some at a Mediterranean restaurant this weekend. If it's awful, yours would be the first.

[Mister Moo]

Oh GOLLY GEE!!!!

The coffee has been SOOOOOOOO stinking good I'm drinking it after dinner now, almost every night. Just a demi but I could drink a mug. JEEPERS - it's good after dinner. I NEVER drank coffee after dinner.

I have tailored my process down to brass tacks now. More coffee/ounce of water, less sugar and just the right amount of cardamom. The froth is frothing right, now. There is crema in the cup with every canaka-full now; the stuff is just to die for. Even Mrs. Moo, Grandma Moo and one of the little Moo-ettes is asking for a cup when they see me getting around to it.

What are you waiting for?

[plexiprs]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Oh GOLLY GEE!!!!


What are you waiting for?

Damn, but you sensitive, caring, touchy-feely types are so quick to anger. Must be hormones ....

I've tried it; I like it too; I drink it now on regular occasions.

Wait! Were you yelling at me????

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by plexiprs

Damn, but you sensitive, caring, touchy-feely types are so quick to anger. Must be hormones ....

I've tried it; I like it too; I drink it now on regular occasions.

Wait! Were you yelling at me????

Well, no - not yelling. It was just a moment of irrational exuberance, Plexi.

I only posted here to move Turkish back to the top, trooth be told. This forum is digressing into whether Maxwell House is equal to Costco, not that it isn't! In fact, I'm sure it is. Nothing wrong with such discussion on the cheapest crap you can brew in a cup but, still, one hopes to broaden horizons rather than gel opinion around lowest common denominator. Basically, Folgers from a Mr. Coffee needs to be beaten down. Nobody ever goes back to a coffee forum that dwells on grocery store coffee. In fact, you don't really NEED a forum to figure out stale Hills Bros vs preground S&D office packages.

Somebody who took up for Folgers should get it ground fine and take it back home and make turkish out of it and report in. It'd probably be pretty OK - like Folgers Vietnamese Iced Drip.

I'm telling it how it is. This Aricha-27 mixed 50/50 with Brazilian Cerrado is making turkish to send me into the 4th dimension. I never knew a black coffee to taste so good. It's freaking me out. Like a Trinidad cigar with a proper mojito, which would made for interesting forum reading. A Dutch Masters with Colt45 Malt Liquor from the 7-Eleven would not make for especially good forum reading. Well, maybe it would depending on who wrote the review.

[RexBeck]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Well, no - not yelling. It was just a moment of irrational exuberance, Plexi.

I only posted here to move Turkish back to the top, trooth be told. This forum is digressing into whether Maxwell House is equal to Costco, not that it isn't! In fact, I'm sure it is. Nothing wrong with such discussion on the cheapest crap you can brew in a cup but, still, one hopes to broaden horizons rather than gel opinion around lowest common denominator. Basically, Folgers from a Mr. Coffee needs to be beaten down. Nobody ever goes back to a coffee forum that dwells on grocery store coffee. In fact, you don't really NEED a forum to figure out stale Hills Bros vs preground S&D office packages.

Somebody who took up for Folgers should get it ground fine and take it back home and make turkish out of it and report in. It'd probably be pretty OK - like Folgers Vietnamese Iced Drip.

I'm telling it how it is. This Aricha-27 mixed 50/50 with Brazilian Cerrado is making turkish to send me into the 4th dimension. I never knew a black coffee to taste so good. It's freaking me out. Like a Trinidad cigar with a proper mojito, which would made for interesting forum reading. A Dutch Masters with Colt45 Malt Liquor from the 7-Eleven would not make for especially good forum reading. Well, maybe it would depending on who wrote the review.

has anyone had the problem of no-foam? At first boil it builds up this foamy, smooth, dark brown looking mess at the top; when I boil it again, nothing comes up at all.

The delicious taste is still there, and I've been doing it no-foam for years now, but as I look at pics or videos of people viewing, they get foam city boil after boil!

I am using Tazah cafe, and a traditional copper/brass ibrik - cardamom, cinnamon, allspice as well.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by RexBeck

has anyone had the problem of no-foam? At first boil it builds up this foamy, smooth, dark brown looking mess at the top; when I boil it again, nothing comes up at all.

The delicious taste is still there, and I've been doing it no-foam for years now, but as I look at pics or videos of people viewing, they get foam city boil after boil!

I am using Tazah cafe, and a traditional copper/brass ibrik - cardamom, cinnamon, allspice as well.

Same here.

I went more or less foamless in the cup plus collapsing/failing foam in the pot for a month or two and suddenly, with the recent Aricha/Cerrado blend (plus a little sugar and cardamom), I am getting a new grade of foam in the pot and a lot of foam on top of the cup after the pour. Not sure what changed - the previous coffees were also freshly roasted and ground to the same fineness. Only thing I think is different is that I'm using more coffee.

[RexBeck]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Same here.

I went more or less foamless in the cup plus collapsing/failing foam in the pot for a month or two and suddenly, with the recent Aricha/Cerrado blend (plus a little sugar and cardamom), I am getting a new grade of foam in the pot and a lot of foam on top of the cup after the pour. Not sure what changed - the previous coffees were also freshly roasted and ground to the same fineness. Only thing I think is different is that I'm using more coffee.

I was convinced for a while that I was not adding enough grounds for the coffee to foam. All that did was make the stuff on the top at first boil muddier. The foam aspect is really irrelevant in taste, but in regards to appearance, you look like a professional with that sweet layer of foam on top of each cup. I'll change up the coffee I'm using.

By the way, has anyone tried any of the Natasha's cafe blends? Mainly Coffee Cairo and Africa. Turkish coffee from Natasha's Cafe

[dajones]

On one of my tours of the Middle East (where coffee is not a breakfast bev), the, uh, "indentured servants" got used to making me a 4x Turkish coffee to go with breakfast (I kept demanding that they fill my freakin' mug!).

Yum.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by dajones

On one of my tours of the Middle East (where coffee is not a breakfast bev), the, uh, "indentured servants" got used to making me a 4x Turkish coffee to go with breakfast (I kept demanding that they fill my freakin' mug!).

Yum.

Suh-WEET. I have to make my own. I have fallen into an evening 6-oz. cup habit lately. So good after dinner and it seems not to keep me awake.

I am very impressed with the coffee-consciousness of this group - 55/90 are "YUM" on Turkish. That's probably a big % even in Turkey.

[s.tyler]

ah yes. like the crema of espresso - the color and consistency of the froth tells the whole story. good way to judge french press coffee too.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by s.tyler

ah yes. like the crema of espresso - the color and consistency of the froth tells the whole story. good way to judge french press coffee too.

And so it is... so shall it always be. No froth, no glory.

[eyesack]

Originally Posted by Mister Moo

Same here.

I went more or less foamless in the cup plus collapsing/failing foam in the pot for a month or two and suddenly, with the recent Aricha/Cerrado blend (plus a little sugar and cardamom), I am getting a new grade of foam in the pot and a lot of foam on top of the cup after the pour. Not sure what changed - the previous coffees were also freshly roasted and ground to the same fineness. Only thing I think is different is that I'm using more coffee.

How long are you brewing the coffee? I've done a small bit of experimentation; last semester I managed to get on the Dean's list, thanks in part to 20+ cups a day of this stuff...
I noticed that many sites will tell you to brew the coffee for 15 minutes "the longer, the better"... However, when left to boil for that long, it seemed that the initial froth was killed.

What grinders do you guys use?

[Sigarz]

Originally Posted by JAK

I love turkish coffee. Its great while smoking hookah.

I agree I had it in Brooklyn with some friends a few years ago it was fantastic! hookah was fun too