It will change your life - Turkish Coffee

How to choose Turkish coffee pot and brew the best coffee in your life.

Here's what you need to know about Turkish coffee:
1. It'll work for any coffee: light, medium and dark roast
2. It'll open the potential of even the most expensive coffee (sometimes even better than pour over)
3. Use freshly ground coffee
4. Grind size: the smaller the better (2 clicks on Comandante is great)
5. Water temperature - either cold or warm (up to 60°C) is fine
6. Better to brew slower (it's ok to have 4-7 minutes brewing time)
7. Ratio is 1:10. Meaning for 100 g of water we need 10 g of coffee

HOW MUCH COFFEE TO USE
For 120 ml Cezve it's better to use 8 g of coffee and 80 g of water. Up to 10 g.
For 200 ml Cezve - 14 g is the best dose, but up to 17 g.
Lower dose will allow you to control the motion of the foam.

TASTE CONTROL:
It's done by two things: COLOR of the foam and MOTION of the foam.

COLOR:
If it's too bright - coffee will be under extracted, sour.
If it's too dark - coffee will be bitter.

While brewing, it'll change the color from light to dark and you need to take off the brewer just in time in order to achieve the best balance of taste.

MOTION:
There is a WRAP and SWIRL motions. And alternative to WRAP is the CRACK.
We don't need a swirling motion, that way coffee will be over extracted and bitter, tasteless.

Be sure to make a full wrap and take it off immediately.
If your coffee foam (crust) don't wrap, but cracks - serve it after a few seconds after the crack of a foam (crust).

It's important to pay attention to the final part of the brewing and remember the color and motion. To adjust the taste in the next brewing if taste wasn't that great.

HOW TO DRINK:
Right after taking the coffee from the heat, serve it into the cup. And wait for around 5 minutes. It needs to cool down. And small particles will go down, so that the coffee will be clean. Make 3-5 sips at first, to drink some foam and then - clean coffee.

In order to perceive all of the tastes - let it cool down almost to the room temperature.

HOW TO CHOOSE THE SIZE OF A TURKISH COFFEE POT:
1 person - 120-200 ml cezve is great
1-2 persons - 200 ml
2-3 persons - 270 ml

Timecodes:
0:00 - Turkish coffee
0:20 - What taste to expect
1:16 - Freshness of a coffee
1:38 - Turkish coffee grind size
2:01 - Water temperature
2:42 - Heat application
2:53 - How to control the taste
4:26 - How to drink Turkish coffee
4:49 - Foam motion (taste control)
6:07 - WRAP and SWIRL, CRACK
7:24 - What size of Turkish pot to choose

[joeyrivaldo]

I had this odd feeling that Liam Neeson was talking to me & narrating in his voice from "Taken", only talking about how great Turkish Coffee is instead! Love it!!

[CUDATerry]

I was fortunate enough to become friends with an exchange student from Croatia. I discovered this young man drank Turkish coffee so we settled on Saturday mornings to meet for coffee. I had a Turkish Pot (Cezve) and a Turkish grinder (a Zassenhaus} already and he was well versed in the preparation. He showed me how his family had made their coffee, they used an equal amount of sugar and ground coffee and performed the standard three boil method.
I have since experimented with several techniques as offered by various YouTubers, with varying success. I have yet to attempt brewing without sugar, but may attempt this in the near future. Thank you for this very informative video.

[peetsnort]

Gosh. I tried it in a copper vase with the same shape. I just didn't have the handle. The result was DEFINITELY smoother than espresso. You have taught me that you don't need an espresso machine
Thanks

[just_limerence]

This reminds me of a time in college where a teammate from Turkiye made us coffee one evening and it was the best, from the flavor and consistency, to the art/science of making it, to the company we shared. It was equally about the company with each other as it was the coffee, and I've never had that from coffee before. Thanks for this video!

[Deeper-Trends]

Turkish (or Greek coffee for the greeks) is the best coffee you 'll ever taste with almost zero effort in the proccess.
Thank you for this video. For us greeks and the turkish people ofcourse, it means a lot. This method of brewing coffee is very old and part of our tradition and culture.

[junimeme]

I can't express enough how satisfying it is to watch a video that uses very clear and concise explanations for everything, in a very simple form. No filler content, no ramblings, no montages. Only what you need. I wish more creators took inspiration from this.

[lightbox]

I had real, true, Turkish coffee twice. Once in Englewood, NJ and once in Istambule. Smelled great; for me, totally undrinkable. I still can't figuer out if it was too bitter or too sweet and I'm too old to continue the experiment.

[thedeplorable]

There was a little shop on my town that belonged to a middle eastern family. They sold all kinds of foods from their homeland. I would sit at there little table by the window, and enjoy a small cup of Turkish coffee. It really is amazing. The flavors were fantastic and would take my time drinking the small cup.

[alastair]

The first time I had Turkish Coffee was in 1996 in Bosnia. I was on an advanced party patrol reconning sites for an artillery battery to occupy in the days ahead. It was nighttime and we (thought) we were being super stealthy as we navigated through a hedge lined field. Suddenly the old farmer that owned the field popped up next to my CO and startled all of us. After the initial awkwardness we spoke to him via the interpreter we had with us. He invited us back to his ancient stone farmhouse for coffee. Great memory.

[nsfwmathematics]

Thank god someone can actually distinguish what matters when trying to explain a process.

Well done, to say the least.

[dennisreeve]

Changed my life and ive been following this recipe for the last 14yra

[UncleFjester]

*I'm an Electrician, and was working in a condo when the tennant gave me a cup of this. It was great, but later that night I was Jonesing for another cup. This could get addictive!*

[johnnewton]

Thanks for explaining the colours of the coffee and what it means. I make Greek and Turkish coffee in a briki, jezve, cezve, or ibrik daily.

[jonathanking]

I love coffee, this looks like an art too. I loved seeing the sand bank. First time seeing one on a stove. Can’t wait to try Turkish coffee. Thanks for sharing.

[georgerafa]

I just spent a year deployed to Kuwait and we would go into the city every so often and i absolutely fell in kove with Turkish coffee there. The food, i was less interested in but the coffee was an instant hit for me. I then had a few months vacation saved up and i went to Croatia go visit my girlfriend and discovered how night and day different european cafe/bar culture is from American. And i loved it. Didnt find turkish coffee at every Zagreb cafe but it was my favorite everytime i could find it.

[whathappened]

My coffee cup is 52 oz. I use 3qt sauce pan. My Grandmother did it this way. (She used a regular coffee cup though) Thanks for a great video!

[smnkey]

I love coffee but when i tried this is actually was life changing. My mornings will never be the same!

[WrongButtonWB]

Like any other brewing method, mostly dependent on the bean and grind quality. It's not bad, but usually takes a few cups before someone develops a taste for it. If you ever visit Serbia and ask for a coffee, you will be served with this one.
Great thing about it is that it doesn't require any expensive appliances and only takes a few minutes to prepare one. Strongly recommend you give it a try, it just might surprise you.

[joekaplowitz]

I moved to Croatia about 20 years ago and I've been taking my kava like this ever since. The flavor and aroma is really the best and you get a good strong kick 💪. Definitely not for the weak!

[jackskalski]

It did change how I brew Turkish coffee and also to the acclaim of my family and my guests on the Christmas party. Thanks for the video phenomenal approach and explanation!