Coffee was first made into a drink in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire, where it was usually drunk with herbs for extra flavour.
Turkish coffee is a method of brewing that’s popular across North Africa, Arabia and the Middle East.
It is brewed the finely ground coffee in small, long handled, tin-lined brass pots. The coffee beans are always freshly roasted and then pounded or ground to a very fine powder. When the boiling coffee it is important not to boil for too long, as the resulting brew will be bitter.
As the coffee is sweetened during the preparation, guests are always asked whether they would like theirs sweet medium, or plain, hence the need for several coffee pots in each household.
Turkish coffee
