Turkish Coffee

Pasha Coffee

Turkish Coffee

My understanding, limited to cursory online glimpses and assorted coffee literature? Turkish Coffee is finely ground coffee, mixed with sugar and other spices, notably Cardamom, and boiled in a little brazier, a copper, hourglass-shaped coffee pot. The coffee is brought once to a roiling boil, then moved to the side of the stove, and brought to a second boil, rich and frothy.

The beverage is served in a tiny demitasse, with the grounds settling out and just sipping the liquid top half.

Years back, chronicled elsewhere, I had Turkish Coffee, but I believe it was Greek Coffee at the time. It was my introduction to tea leaf reading, only with coffee grounds.

Pasha Coffee

Pasha Coffee

A place not far from home with advertised Mediterranean Menu items surprised me with a very affordable, post-prandial Turkish Coffee. It’s been years since I’ve had such a treat, and the presentation was even better.