Coffee Lesson #28

bird-friendly (coffee):

  • coffee grown/produced without the destruction or clearing of natural habitats (often rainforests)
    • coffee produced in places where shade, trees, are protected and allowed to grow alongside the coffee that will eventually will be harvested
      • the protected/preserved trees provide natural shade, home, and food for many animals, particularly migratory birds
  • sometimes labeled “Rainforest Alliance”, or “shade-grown” — always double-check though, look for a seal (Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center of the National Zoo)
    • common, well-known brands that have bird-friendly certification: Peet’s Coffee, Java Planet

Coffee Lesson #27

chemex:

  • a manual, pour-over style, coffeemaker
    • pour-over style: water is poured over a bed of coffee, this water passes through the coffee that is usually resting on some sort of filter
  • a manual, pour-over style, coffeemaker that utilizes a glass filter
  • a coffeemaker that, due to its style of coffee-making, generally takes more time than other methods to brew coffee
Photo by Rizky Subagja on Unsplash

Coffee Lesson #26

briki:

  • a briki is a small long-handled pot used to make coffee
    • coffee made with this pot, and in this style, is most common in Armenia, Greece, Turkey/Türkiye, and throughout Eastern Europe and the Balkans (these two regions have some overlap–)
    • coffee made with this pot, and in this style, is often referred to as Greek or Turkish coffee
  • a briki is a small long-handled pot used to make coffee
    • the pot is traditionally made of brass or copper; however, nowadays, it is routinely made from stainless steel, aluminium, or ceramics
  • briki – Greek; cezve – Turkish — term referenced in two previous coffee lessons (#25 and #24)
Photo by Ricardo Díaz on Unsplash

Coffee Lesson #25

Greek Coffee:

  • similar to, at times argued to be the same as, Turkish Coffee
    • a particular way to brew, serve, prepare coffee . . .
      • coffee is prepared in a briki, using very finely ground coffee beans without filtering
        • briki: a small pot with a long handle, traditionally made of copper or brass
    • coffee brewed with very finely ground coffee beans
      • when served, do not drink the entirety of the serving–in this preparation coffee grounds are not removed from the coffee when served
    • coffee preparation style that can be found throughout the world, though it has particular prominence in Turkey/Türkiye, Greece, Armenia, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans

Greek v. Turkish Coffee: similar to one another, argued to be exactly the same . . . however:

  • Greek coffee tends to be lighter roast
  • Both can be sweetened, but generally Turkish coffee will add sugar directly into the cevze (“briki” in Greek), while Greeks add sugar afterward . . .

  • In my experience Greek coffee was larger–had more that I could actually drink. When I ordered Greek coffee I was always asked if I wanted sugar, and then how much or what kind (sketos/black; metrios/semi-sweet); glykos/sweet). When I ordered and received my Greek coffee, it was generally served alone, sometimes an unsweetened cookie might be served with it, it was just the coffee; whereas, in Turkey, Turkish coffee was almost always served with something sweet (Turkish delight).
MS Rooftop Garden–Attica, Athens, Greece

Coffee Lesson #24

Turkish coffee:

  • a particular way to brew, serve, prepare, coffee originating in the former Ottoman Empire (modern day Turkey/Türkiye)
    • coffee is prepared in a cezve using very finely ground coffee beans without filtering
      • cezve (“briki” in Greek): a small pot with a long handle, traditionally made of copper or brass
  • coffee brewed with very finely ground coffee beans
    • when served, do not drink the entirety of the serving–in this preparation coffee grounds are not removed from the coffee when served
      • the grounds left in the cup after drinking are sometimes used to tell fortunes
  • coffee preparation style that can be found throughout the world, though it has particular prominence in Turkey/Türkiye, Greece, Armenia, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans

Turkish coffee – Etiler, Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey

Coffee Lesson #23

coffee grinder:

  • machine used to grind roasted coffee beans
  • device used to grind whole coffee beans for brewing

*Note–grind: reduce, crush, rub together, so as to make into small particles, or a powder

Photo by Crew on Unsplash

Coffee Lesson #21

aroma (general meaning):

  • a distinctive scent, usually pleasant

aroma (coffee connotation and meaning):

  • the fragrance of brewed coffee
  • the fragrance given off while coffee is brewing
  • the fragrance coffee grounds emit

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