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Turkis coffee

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Turkish coffee
A cup o Turkis coffee, served frae a capper cezve, in Turkey.
TypeCoffee
Kintra o originTurkey
ColourDark broun

Turkis coffee (Turkis: Türk kahvesi) is a method o preparin unfiltered coffee.[1][2] Roastit and then finely grund coffee beans are simmered (nae boiled) in a pot (cezve), optionally wi sucar, an served in a cup whaur the grunds are allaed tae settle. When served plain, the bitter coffee is tradeetionally accompanied bi a sweet, such as a piece o rock candy or lokum.

Turkis coffee is an Intangible Cultural Heritage o Turkey confirmed bi UNESCO.[3]. It is consumed primarily in Anatolie, Sooth-Eastren Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus an aroond the Black Sea, aw bein regions influenced bi Ottoman cuisine.

References

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  1. "Getting Your Buzz with Turkish coffee". ricksteves.com. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. Brad Cohen. "BBC - Travel - The complicated culture of Bosnian coffee". bbc.com. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. UNESCO - Intangible Heritage Section. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention :". unesco.org. Retrieved 19 August 2015.