Turkish coffee baristas?
I was just thinking how wonderful it would be to have Turkish coffee baristas! Making Turkish coffee certainly require skills that has to be mastered. If there was a tradition of professional baristas making Turkish coffee in the U.S.; I think there would be more people drinking it.
Professional Turkish coffee makers can be traced back to it's origins. In the Ottoman palace in Istanbul, where the Turkish coffee making evolved, there were 40 to 50 dedicated coffee makers. Their job was to make Turkish coffee all they long! They were highly respected and many of them were even promoted to work in high ranking positions in the palace.
One of the reasons that Turkish coffee is not offered in coffee shops is because it has to be cooked, slowly, by a person with high degree of skill. And, I imagine they would be hard to find. Yet, it's a viable product that is not available at every other corner, and can be sold at pretty good margins.
Incidentally, SCA of Europe has had Ibrik/Cezve World championships for the past couple of years. Maybe barista exchange can add a section just for Turkish coffee?
Professional Turkish coffee makers can be traced back to it's origins. In the Ottoman palace in Istanbul, where the Turkish coffee making evolved, there were 40 to 50 dedicated coffee makers. Their job was to make Turkish coffee all they long! They were highly respected and many of them were even promoted to work in high ranking positions in the palace.
One of the reasons that Turkish coffee is not offered in coffee shops is because it has to be cooked, slowly, by a person with high degree of skill. And, I imagine they would be hard to find. Yet, it's a viable product that is not available at every other corner, and can be sold at pretty good margins.
Incidentally, SCA of Europe has had Ibrik/Cezve World championships for the past couple of years. Maybe barista exchange can add a section just for Turkish coffee?
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Permalink Reply by Turkish Coffee World on
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I personally do not add any spices to Turkish coffee..I would say this is also true for most people in Turkey and those who live in the East European countries. But I have heard and read that you can add cinnamon and carnation seeds. Personally, I think the spices go better with the Arabic "mira" style of coffee making. Because in this method, coffee beans are boiled for 3-4 hours and the taste of the spices really come through...
Kayakman said:Actually love Turkish coffee, drinking it and making it. I have been making it with freshly roasted light, medium, and dark roasted beans from a variety of origins.
I was wondering if any other spices were used besides cardamom?
Start a group bX for those who love Turkish coffee.
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Permalink Reply by Jared Rutledge on
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lol that's my old boss rob forsyth in the first pic!
how exactly does one make turkish coffee? i saw something about ibriks and charcoal in that café europa magazine article, but could you give us a more detailed explanation?
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You can watch a video that I made which is on my page..
Jared Rutledge said:lol that's my old boss rob forsyth in the first pic!
how exactly does one make turkish coffee? i saw something about ibriks and charcoal in that café europa magazine article, but could you give us a more detailed explanation?
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Permalink Reply by Brady on
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I also enjoy Turkish coffee occasionally. No spices, no sugar. This is something we have played with a bit at our cafe. We have a small "2-cup" ibrik and single burner butane stove for the purpose. We thought that our location, next door to a Lebanese restaurant that doesn't serve Turkish, would see some demand for it, however that has not been the case. We make very few, maybe one a month. This unfortunately leaves us a bit out of practice, but we do manage.
The norm for places that serve Turkish in our area of the US is to use a small silver-colored automatic Turkish coffee maker and canned pre-ground coffee. Perhaps the importer of this gadget lives in our area, because everyone we spoke to recommended that we buy one.
BTW, I asked on here a while ago which SO coffees were the best choices for a traditional flavor and didn't get much response. We've settled on a relatively straightforward medium roasted Mexican, but would love to know how authentic this is.
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Brady said:The norm for places that serve Turkish in our area of the US is to use a small silver-colored automatic Turkish coffee maker and canned pre-ground coffee. Perhaps the importer of this gadget lives in our area, because everyone we spoke to recommended that we buy one.
Just scrolled down your profile and saw the picture of the automatic brewer there... That's the one that everyone in our area is using. They seem to be very popular.
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Yes Arcelik is brand that I sell and it is very popular with the coffee shops...and not necessarily only with the middle eastern cafes either...I have a customer in Los Angeles that is a French cafe, and they can't seem to meet the demand for Turkish coffee....I think the reason that it is not more popular is because people are not expecting it to be available...and it really has to be made with the machine..so that customers can have a consistent experience... and order it over and over..I don't know if we are allowed to provide links here like this but here is the link for the coffee machine that you are talking about
http://www.turkishcoffeeworld.com/Arcelik_Telve_Turkish_Coffee_Mach...
Brady said:Brady said:The norm for places that serve Turkish in our area of the US is to use a small silver-colored automatic Turkish coffee maker and canned pre-ground coffee. Perhaps the importer of this gadget lives in our area, because everyone we spoke to recommended that we buy one.
Just scrolled down your profile and saw the picture of the automatic brewer there... That's the one that everyone in our area is using. They seem to be very popular.
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Permalink Reply by Matthew on
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I know this is an old Post, but two years later have you seen any change with the demand for the Turkish Coffee? I have not tried this style of coffee yet, and plan on buying a set and experimenting with it soon. I am wandering why if this is so popular in other countries why it has not caught on in the USA? It looks like it would be very rich and full flavored.
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