In this blog, I wrote two guides showing the preparation of the traditional (most known) recipe for Turkish coffee (How to Prepare Turkish Coffee and Photo Guide: How to Make Turkish Coffee).
In addition to that classic recipe, there are a number of different Turkish coffee recipes. Here some of them! If you’re looking for a new taste in your Turkish coffee, I think you should give a chance to the recipes below. :-)
Italic in parenthesis shows the original name of that recipe in Turkish.
Turkish Coffee with Honey(Balli Turk Kahvesi)This recipe is based on using honey to sweet your coffee.
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 1 teaspoon of honey,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Just follow the classic recipe to brew your Turkish coffee. The only difference is that don’t use sugar during the brewing. When you finished brewing just add one (or as much as you want) teaspoon of honey.
Turkish Coffee with Raki(Rakili Turk Kahvesi)It’s a recipe with alcohol, as Raki is traditional Turkish liquor. The same recipe can be made with Ouzo, which is Greek version of Raki.
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- 1 teaspoon of Raki,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Just prepare your Turkish coffee by following the traditional recipe, then add Raki.
Turkish Coffee with Cognac(Konyakli Turk Kahvesi)It’s very similar to the recipe above.
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- 1 teaspoon of cognac,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Same as above, instead of raki use cognac.
Turkish Coffee with Whiskey(Viskili Turk Kahvesi)This time whiskey companies Turkish coffee :)
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- 1 teaspoon of Whiskey,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:This recipe is quite similar with Turkish Coffee with Raki. But the main difference is the time you add the liquor. In this recipe, we are adding the alcohol at the beginning. As the alcohol evaporate during the brewing process, at the end you’ll have less alcohol taste. You can change this recipe by using different liquor types.
Turkish Coffee with Cardamom(Kakuleli Turk Kahvesi)Using spice to give strong aroma to the coffee is a very old tradition in Turkish coffee culture.
Ingredients:
- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- as much cardamom as you prefer,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Get as much as cardamom as you want. Grind it and mix with the coffee. Then just brew your coffee in classic way.
Turkish Coffee with Cinnamon(Tarcinli Turk Kahvesi)
Another spice that is widely used as spice in Turkish coffee recipes is cinnamon.
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- as much cinnamon as you prefer,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Same as above.
Turkish Coffee with Amber(Kehribarli Turk Kahvesi)
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- as much amber as you prefer,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Same as above.
Turkish Coffee with Clove(Karanfilli Turk Kahvesi)
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- as much clove as you prefer,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Same as above.
Turkish Coffee with Mastic Gum(Damla Sakizli Turk Kahvesi)Another popular Turkish coffee recipe, especially around Mediterranean part of Turkey and Greece.
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- as much mastic gum as you prefer,
- a Turkish coffee cup of cold water.
Preparation:Same as above.
Turkish Coffee with Milk(Sutlu Turk Kahvesi)
This recipe was used even in Ottoman Palaces. For example, it’s known that Princess Mihrimah Sultana, who was the daughter of Suleyman the Magnificent, liked this recipe very much.
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- a Turkish coffee of cold milk.
Preparation:Brew your Turkish coffee as usual, but just use milk instead of water. However, there’re some different variants of this recipe. Some people, add just a few drop of milk instead of using completely milk. Also, some people decrease amount of coffee used to ½ teaspoon when they brew the coffee by using milk.
Turkish Coffee with Vanilla or Almond Extract(Vanilyali/Bademli Turk Kahvesi)
Ingredients:- 2 teaspoons of Turkish coffee,
- 2 teaspoons of sugar (if desired),
- 2 drops of Vanilla/Almond extract,
- a Turkish coffee of cold milk.
Preparation:Add vanilla/almond extract to your coffee and then prepare your Turkish coffee by using classic recipe.
March 9, 2009
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Thank you for your blog. When I was a teen a friend left me a bag of turkish ground coffee with some added herbs.. Looked like it was bought straight from Turkey, the added flavors I had no clue what they were (Cloves, Mastic, or cardamom). I was in heaven. The taste was out of this world.. I was so disappointed when it ran out, and could never find it as it was imported from Turkey a brand I dont recall.. Ever since, I have been buying brand after brand of Turkish coffee in the US trying to find this particular flavor to no avail.. I would tell friends travelling to bring me flavored Turkish coffee they come back with the old Cardamom recipe .. Not the one.. UNTIL I FOUND YOUR BLOG... I think I'm onto something :) I ll try to mix cardamom cloves and mastic and I think that would be it.. I hope ;)
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