Greek Coffee - Recipe
In order to have an easy-going process while making Greek coffee, we’ve put together a simple recipe for you on how to make it. Further details of this recipe are:
Equipment
- Greek coffee briki
- Cups
Ingredients
- 2 tsp greek coffee ground
- 2 cup tap water
- 2 tsp white sugar
Instructions
- Fill the briki with a demitasse cup of water which is about 2.5 to 3 ounces. Let your briki be big enough if you make a lot of coffee; you’ll need room for the coffee to bubble and foam.
- Add 2 teaspoons of coffee and 2 teaspoons of sugar to every one cup of water that you fill the briki with. This proportion is considered as a strong coffee.
- Put the briki coffee on the gas or stove and set fire to burn with less heat.
- Allow the coffee to warm up slowly. You should let the flame be very low; you wouldn’t want it to bubble and make a mess of your pot and environment.
- After setting the flame, stir the coffee and sugar until they are well dissolved. Then, allow the heat of the low flame to complete the cooking.
- The surface will begin to vibrate gradually. Then, it begins to foam. This foam is called ‘Kaee-MAH-kee.’ Remove the briki from the heat for a few seconds to let the foam settle before returning it to the fire and allowing it to bubble and puff up again. Then, take it off the fire again. Repeat this process until it is well boiled. This is a crucial step in making a decent cup of Greek coffee. You wouldn’t want it to over boil since it won’t have the foamy top, but you must also prevent it from under boiling so that you don’t get to taste the grounds in your coffee.
- You can now go ahead to serve in a demitasse cup. Allow it to cool for 4 to 5 minutes to allow the temperature to drop and the grounds to settle to the bottom. If you are serving more than one cup, share the foam evenly across each cup.
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Notes
- One cogent rule is to fill the briki with as many cups as you want to make while leaving space for an additional cup. This space is to give you enough room to maneuver the foam. Excess space can sabotage the foaming process.
- Limit yourself to two cups of coffee at a time. It will be easier to ensure that each cup receives appropriate foam.
- When the briki is on low heat, don’t take your gaze off it; this is not a time to be doing other things. Focus on it, or else you will be cleaning the mess from the coffee foam rather than drinking it.