Turkish Coffee

Turkish coffee is a strong coffee made with the darkest roast available (French, or Italian roasts). You can buy the coffee and grind it to the finest setting possible. It is brewed with sugar and cooked in a special pot which can be found at specialty Middle Eastern stores.

Ingredients

4 tsps Turkish Coffee (very finely ground)
4 demitasse cups of water
4 tsps sugar
Using a small Turkish coffee pot (or substitute small saucepan), put in the water, turkish coffee and sugar and bring to a rolling boil.

Procedure

Take the pot off the fire until the boiling stops (few seconds) and place back on the fire, doing this a total of 3 times.

Take off the fire and lift the pot high about the cups, carefully tipping the pot to stream the coffee into the cup (takes a little practice). 

To Serve

Pour a little into each cup, filling each cup up, leaving the grounds in the pot. Add a little of the foam into each cup.

Serve with sticky and sweet dessert treats like Turkish delight or baklava.

Serves 4.