Turkish Coffee - Legal Drama.

[perogee]

will have to adjust sweetness for my tastes, but Lordy this is a tasty brew (and stainless is not ideal at all, no foam for me ). Overall though, good first experience.

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by perogee

will have to adjust sweetness for my tastes, but Lordy this is a tasty brew (and stainless is not ideal at all, no foam for me ). Overall though, good first experience.

A word on that. I have read more and made some (foam related) adjustments:

1) make the water fill in the cezve up into the narrow part of neck; that is most practical, of course, only when you have a set of pots of different sizes.

2) don't stir the coffee into the water. Add the sugar to the water and flop the coffee grounds in and let it sit on top. the repeat boiling will wet the grounds and foam them better than if you stir it all up before boiling.

It looks like the genuine turkish gig may involve coordinating the water and grounds to end up in the narrow of the neck with whatever pot you use.

[muziq]

Update--my ibrik landed earlier this week and I've made up a few brews. So far, they're turning out pretty tasty, but I haven't gotten the heating procedure down just yet, and am not getting quite the crema I desire. I will say the flavor is certainly excellent, thought, and the fresh ground cardamom is a real game-changer. What's more, it all goes smashingly with a VR Classicos first thing on an overcast, blustery morning.