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>> Q&A about Greek Cuisine
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Greek Coffee |
| Question: |
Can you give me the recipe for Greek coffee? |
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Greek coffee can be made in four different ways.
It can be sketos (without sugar, strong and bitter), metrios (medium, usually with one teaspoonful of sugar), glykys or vari glykos (almost honey-sweet) and glykys vrastos - sweet but boiled more then once so it loses most of its froth.
Depending on which art of Greek Coffee you like, measure and add into the briki (a tall, small container with a long handle and a lip, made out of copper, aluminium or stainless steel) the coffee, a teaspoonful of coffee per cup, and the sugar.
For a medium coffee the best balance is to add the same amount of sugar as coffee. Put the briki on a low heat and stir its contents a little, until the coffee is diluted in the water.
As soon as it rises, remove from the heat before it boils completely so as not to spoil the froth.
Once the coffee has been made, let it stand for one minute to allow the coffee grounds to settle at the bottom of the briki. Pour a little in each cup, to distribute the froth in all the cups. Then proceed and just fill them up to the brim. Greek coffee is never stirred once it has been made and served and is drunk slowly. Serve it together with a glass of cold water. |
answer provided by volunteer expert: sophie |
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