The Story Of Turkish Coffee
Researchers state that coffee spread all over the world from Abyssinia in the early 14th century, and its origin was the Kaffa region in Southern Abyssinia, which is similar to the emytology of its name.
Özdemir Pasha, the Ottoman governor of Yemen, one of the Mamluk Circassians, who was the father of Grand Vizier Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha, brought the coffee he admired to Istanbul. With the new method of preparation, coffee was cooked in jugs and pots and took the name Turkish coffee. Starting from Tahtakale, the coffees spread throughout the city made it popular among the people.
The beverage, which was previously obtained by boiling coffee fruit in the Arabian Peninsula, has achieved its unique taste with this brand new method of preparation and cooking. Europe, which met coffee thanks to the Turks; Turkish Coffee, which has been prepared and consumed by this method as Turkish coffee for many years, is blended from high-quality Arabian type coffee beans from Brazil and Central America, and preferably roasted slowly and meticulously on charcoal fire, it is very finely ground.
It is cooked by adding water and optionally sugar with the help of a coffee pot. Two teaspoons of coffee are added to a cup of coffee. It is served in small cups. A short time is waited for the grounds to settle before drinking. The water is not at the end of the coffee, as it is thought; It is drunk before coffee.
In addition, it is the most consumed coffee type with espresso in the world, and it is one of the two coffees on the menu of almost every type of restaurant around the world.
Coffeehouses and coffee culture, where books and beautiful writings were read at all hours of the day, chess and backgammon were played, poetry and literary conversations were made, and coffee culture marked the social life of the period, and coffee, which took its place in palace kitchens and homes, started to be consumed in large quantities.
After the raw coffee beans were roasted in pans, they were pounded in mortars and then cooked in pots and served with great care to the most respected friends. In a short time, thanks to the merchants and travelers who came to Istanbul and the Ottoman ambassadors, the taste and fame of Turkish coffee first spread to Europe and then to the whole world.
In 2013, Turkish coffee culture and tradition took its place in UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Turkish coffee has gone through many different phases from the past to the present, and as a result of many cultural interactions, it has reached today with different varieties in many areas. There are different types according to the roasting method, the degree, the local cooking - presentation method and the flavors.
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