Turkish Coffee Recipes

Here you can find a lot of Turkish coffee recipes to satisfy any taste!

Basic Turkish Coffee Recipe

You will need a Turkish coffee pot also known as ibrik, ground coffee, sugar and some water. For one cup fill the ibrik with 3oz of water. Add sugar to taste (if you like your Turkish coffee sweet) and top it with a heaping teaspoon of finely ground coffee. Stir the coffee a bit. The coffee seals the narrow top creating an oven effect.

Put on low fire (you can also use your stove or a tabletop burner). As the water begins to heat it will foam up through the coffee. When the foam ring starts appearing start stirring the coffee slowly. As soon as the crema-foam increases and fills the top layer turn off the fire and lift the ibrik*. Pour slowly into a small demitasse cup and it's ready for savoring. Pay attention to the stirring and foaming because if you don't the coffee will foam up and create a mess everywhere!

Serve along with a glass of fresh water and a small desert for your friends.

*There is an alternative method of lifting and lowering the ibrik continuously while it starts boiling, to increase the amount of crema/foam. Just don't overdo it or you'll get bitter over-extracted coffee.

(If you want more cups just multiply coffee recipe dosage ie for 2 cups 6oz water 2 teaspoonfuls coffee)

Turkish - Greek Coffee Recipe with "Ouzo"

This is a traditional coffee recipe of the Greek monks in the sacred "Agio Oros". You will need:

2 teaspoonfuls of greek coffee
2 teaspoons of sugar
1 teaspoon of "ouzo" (traditional Greek alcohol drink)
2*3oz cups water

After you prepare your coffee add the Ouzo inside, and serve.

Turkish - Greek Coffee Recipe with "Koniak"

This is a traditional coffee recipe of Greek seamen. It's the same as the previous recipe with the only difference that you use Koniak instead of Ouzo.

Turkish - Greek Coffee Recipe with "Honey"

This is an old Greek coffee recipe from Smirni. Prepare your Greek-Turkish coffee, and then add one teaspoon of honey. It's delicious!

Turkish - Greek Coffee Recipe with "Cardamom"

This is sort of Arabic version for Turkish coffee recipe. Use a dark coffee blend ground for Turkish. Get some cardamon, and grind it. Cardamon is used to spice up and give aroma to the coffee. You will need:

2 teaspoonfuls of coffee
1-2 teaspoons of sugar
as much cardamon as you want
2*3oz cups water

Prepare coffee as usual. You will get a delicious exotic coffee, which is very different from anything you've tasted before!

Turkish - Greek Coffee Recipe with "Mastich"

Same as the above recipe but instead of cardamom you must use mastich (only produced in Chios island, Greece)

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