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How to Make Turkish Coffee

Discover how to make Turkish Coffee at home just as I learned from my mother. This post features step-by-step photos and a video, detailing the necessary equipment, the proper way to serve my mom’s version of Turkish Coffee, and insights into Turkish coffee and fortune telling.
Learn how to brew and prepare Turkish Coffee at home with step-by-step photos and answers to frequently asked questions.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine Turkish, world cuisine
Servings 2

Ingredients
  

  • 3 Turkish coffee cup-sized cups of cold filtered water, 1 1/2 cup per cup
  • 2 heaping tablespoons Turkish Coffee, ground
  • Sugar – as requested

Instructions
 

  • Place the sugar (if desired), water, and Turkish coffee in metal Turkish coffee pot (Cezve).
  • Using a small spoon, stir briefly until just combined and place pot on stovetop.
  • Slowly bring coffee mixture to a boil over medium heat. This will take 3-4 minutes, so keep a close watch.
  • As the coffee warms, you will see a dark foam building up. Closer to it coming to a boil, using a teaspoon, transfer some of the foam into each of your two Turkish coffee cups. Return coffee pot to stovetop.
  • As coffee comes to a boil, pour half of the coffee into the cups, over the foam.
  • Return coffee pot to stovetop and boil the remaining coffee for an additional 15-20 seconds and pour the rest into the coffee cups to the rim.
  • Serve with water and Turkish delight.

Notes

What if I am making Turkish coffee for multiple people with different sugar preferences?

If this is the case, you can do one of two things.
  • First, you can make them in different pots, but for that, you would have to have more than one cezve.
  • Second, you can start making it with no sugar, pour the first pour to all the cups and then add in the sugar in the second pour.
For example: Let’s say I am making Turkish coffee for 2 of my guests. First, start with the person who wants his Sade (with no sugar) and then continue with the second person who wants his Orta (1-2 teaspoon sugar). Below are the steps I would follow to make them at the same time in one pot (cezve):
  • Start by cooking water and coffee for 2 servings with no added sugar
  • Pour your first pour halfway into two coffee pots.
  • Boil the second pour and fill up the first serving with no sugar.
  • Then add in sugar into the pot, mix it, and bring it to a boil before you top off the second serving. Since Turkish coffee is pretty thick and served in such a small cup, it will have enough sweetness.

Nutrition

Sodium: 2mg
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