As a coffee addict, I love trying and blending new coffees (Blue Mountain being the most expensive and best I have tried so far!) and would like to know more about Turkish coffee. Is there a specific way to make it, should it be made the same way as expresso?

Also, are the coffee beans grown in Turkey, and if so, where?

OK, I know its not exactly a recipe, but it seemed the best place to post this

i think you have to mix it first with cold water then heat up on the stove, i made this mistake when on holiday on the gullets ,i said i would like to make the turkish crew some turkish coffee ,and i just made it with boiling water from the kettle ,they found this highly amusing ,and continued to call me deli

oh and if you want it sweet you add sugar first whilst on stove ,i think but the turks will tell you im sure

Ouh thanks Deli - it sounds a revolting way to make coffee!! I dont take sugar or milk so at least I dont have that problem. Maybe one of our Turkish classmates can confirm this

theres a practise for it>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxazfIvkWlA

http://www.gardfoods.com/coffee/coffee.coffee.htm

"Coffee roasting was prevalent in Turkey in 1540's. One book had coffee introduced in Turkey around 1480. Another book had coffee in Turkey in the times of the Crusades."

"...coffee didn't become super popular over a large area until the Ottoman Sultan in Istanbul outlawed it in 1543 because it started to get more recognition than he wanted. Then coffee boomed. In 1554, the first coffee house was set up in Istanbul."

You have very good explanation with pictures on http://www.ineedcoffee.com/04/turkishcoffee/

Anyway, if you want really to enjoy its perfect taste, use as small cup as possible.

If you are not sure if you made a good Tukish coffee, then you can check Turkish saying: "Good coffee is the one which a rooster can step on without falling through". Though I personally never tried to put a rooster onto my coffee-cup.

But of course, its taste depends on sorts of coffee. Sorts which are used for Turkish coffee are less sour and more bitter; and often the coffee is less burnt. I know many people who bake coffee beans themselves... and that's the secret of that perfect taste too!

What about this one:
http://www.turkblog.info/site/?q=node/88