Turkish Coffee - Kahve - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Sade means unsweetened
    1 cup cold water (espresso size cup)
    1 teaspoon turkish coffee powder
    Orta means moderately sweetened
    1 cup cold water (espresso size cup)
    1 teaspoon turkish coffee powder
    1 teaspoon sugar
    Cok Sekerli means very sweet
    1 cup cold water (espresso size cup)
    1 teaspoon turkish coffee powder
    1 1/2 teaspoons sugar, you may add more if you have a sweet tooth
    Orta Sutlu means moderately sweetened made with milk
    1 cup cold milk (espresso size cup)
    1 teaspoon turkish coffee powder
    1 teaspoon sugar
Preparation
    Place one espresso size cup of cold water or milk (Depending upon the variety chosen from above) into cazve/very small pot.
    Add one teaspoon of powdered Turkish Coffee into the cazve/very small pot.
    Add sugar if desired depending which variety you wish to drink.
    Stir and heat on stove immediately, coffee will rise, remove from heat and add one spoon of froth into serving cup.
    Return pot to heat and cook until coffee rises again. This could be done once or three times in total each time spoon froth into serving cup. Once the three repetitions are complete, add the rest of the coffee from the pot into the serving cup.
    Good kahve has a creamy foam floating on top. (Similar to the crema found atop good espresso coffee but with a great deal more body).
    Do not drink grounds on the bottom of the cup.

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