Turkish Coffee

[Maitre_Tea]

I was recently at a hookah bar with a friend when my eye caught attention of "Turkish Coffee," which I ordered out of curiosity and I fell in love with it! I'm normally ambivalent about coffee but this one caught me off guard. I'm also intrigued by the method of preparation.

From my limited google-fu I've learned that I need a coffee mill that can grind the beans fine enough, so what are some good mills out there for getting a Turkish coffee grind? Also, I actually prefer hand mills, since I'm leaving the country to do Peace Corps in a few months and I'll probably in a village with little or no electricity. I hear Zassenhaus is good, but it seems kinda pricey (to me, at least). I don't mind buying money for good quality stuff, but any other alternatives out there?

and oh, general advice on other Turkish Coffee related paraphernalia would be nice

 

[Newfie]

I've read quite a bit about Turkish, and it's on my list of *ADs.

From what I've read, Zassenhaus is THE name out there in hand mills. There may be some better, and there are certainly some not as good. HERE'S some reviews on them.

To brew the coffee, you should have a copper (sometimes brass) Cezve (called an Ibrik in North America for some reason). There's countless pages out there on how to use them.

 

[Huskysibe]

I have everything you need for Turkish Coffee except the grinder. I tried it and didnt care for it. PM me if you wanna trade some tea for it. I can take photos of everything I have.

 

[SiBurning]

I got the zassenhaus based on the reputation and reviews. A whirly bird grinder can do a better job than a burr grinder here. You just have to run it until the coffee is powder.

I was going to wait to do a howto, but since you posted, I decided to do it today. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2162632

 

[fleshdunce]

Love me some turkish coffee. Girlfriend is 100% Greek and all of her family are straight from over there...Greek/Turkish coffee is basically the same. Have an Ibriki myself and really enjoy it.

Plus I'll be going to greece for 3 weeks at the end of this month so I will be happy to have Greek style coffee all the time.

Those instructions are similar to how I was told to make Greek coffee. According to my lady's aunt you do all of that above minus adding the extra seeds. Also if you want any sugar you add it in the same time as the coffee..not afterwards. Some like no sugar, others like it real sweet (my girlfriend does) and others like it inbetween(as I do).