#butfirstcoffee I used my ibrik to make Turkish style #coffee. It is very muddy and flavorful with the addition of some cardamom and stevia.
It smells and tastes good.
My buddy Bill and I did some coffee talk the other night and his love of Turkish coffee came up.
You need a really fine grind on the coffee (I think a dark roast works best) and you make it in these little pots by heating and cooling the mix. Slowly pour when done and the grounds stay in the bottom.
Stop when they start to try to escape!
Add what you like and enjoy.
There is no exact way to do this. People use different variations of basic ibrik coffee brewing.
Having some coffee? Me too. I am having some Ethiopian Natural Yirgacheffe (yer -gah - cheff - aaa). You can't get much more old school than Ethiopian coffee. It's where it all started. Here are my home roasted Yirgacheffe beans.
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Not all coffee tastes the same. It does has different flavors. While these beans make a very nice cup of coffee they do have some brighter flavors that you can detect. Burman Coffee Traders describe it as "...strong notes of melon and strawberry. Accompanied with a bit of blueberry in the aromatics. A bit of citrus acidity upfront at the lighter roasts but all in all pretty mellow in the acidity which gives it a very jammy body. Very clean cup which gives it a nice lingering finish that is not dry and earthy like some." That's pretty accurate just don't think "strong" means it tastes like a smoothie. It is still coffee but there these other notes in the flavors. I also taste a little mocha and the brewed coffee is very fragrant. I really like it!
It is a fascinating process to see how we end up with a cup of coffee. I respect the hard work and time that it takes to have that smile on my face when I take that first sip of brewed coffee.
Check out this video from Sweet Maria's. You can buy beans from all over the world and roast them yourself with what you can buy at Oakland's Sweet Maria's.
Here is an entertaining coffee crazed guy from Old Bisbee Roasters doing a review of a brewed cup
This is a longer video about the coffee trade in Ethiopia
