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The easiest way to describe what exactly a “Greek Coffee” looks, tastes and smells like is basically a very strong brewed coffee – similar to a piccolo that unfortunately looks a little bit like mud, crema on top and the grounds in the bottom of the cup.
Some say there is an art to it, others say it comes naturally but after asking around the general consensus was it is all about the crema – a brownish foam that forms on the top of freshly made espresso coffee.
Ingredients
- 1 small pot, known as a Briki used to boil Greek coffee it is usually brass or copper
- 1 small coffee cup
- Sugar
- Ground coffee
- 1 spoon
Method
- Put one teaspoon of ground coffee into the briki
- Combine the cold water with sugar and ground coffee into the briki
- Dissolve sugar into the water, remove the teaspoon from the briki and place on the stove until the water just starts to boil – while stirring slowly
- The coffee starts to rise forming a krema
- Grab your TWK Tea Towel so you don’t burn your hand &
- Before it comes to the boil you should take it off and there should be a thick krema forming on the top
- Gently pour into Greek coffee cups adding a bit of krema in each
Enjoy on its own or with a Greek biscotti (paximadi)
And you’re finished! Well, almost, lastly after drinking your coffee turn your cup upside down and read your fortune as the old Greek folk did!
Extra tips:
- Start with 1 cup of very cold water for each cup eg 4 cups for 4 people
- 1 level tsp of ground Greek coffee for every cup your making
- No sugar for a sugar free coffee (sketo)
- 1 teaspoon sugar for a (metrio) cafe not too sweet for each cup eg 4 for 4cups
- 2 spoons per cup for sweet (gliko) eg 8 spoons for 4 cups
- If you want to achieve a thicker kaimaki (cream on top of coffee) then add more sugar to read your fortune, look at the patterns the coffee left and see mountains, roads, animals (whatever your fortune may be) – some people do it for fun however many Greeks even today believe it
Time Needed
Nigella’s: 5 minutes
Rookie’s: 30 minutes (giving extra time for spillage issues)
Don’t forget to lick the koutali 😉
Hello there! This post couldn’t be written any better! Reading
through this post reminds me of my good old
room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this post to him.
Fairly certain he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!