Let’s make coffee.

  1. 01

    Measure with your cup

    Fill your serving cup with drinking water and transfer it to the cezve. Add 6 g of coffee and sugar if wanted.

  2. 02

    Heat gently

    Stir well while heating slowly, watching for foam to rise.

  3. 03

    Share the foam

    Gently pour a little foam into your cup.

  4. 04

    Heat once more and serve

    Return the cezve to the heat for another rise, then gently fill the cup. Serve with a glass of water.

Give your cup a measurement

Weigh the water your cup holds once, then save that number. A recipe recorded in grams is easier to repeat when you use another cup.

About this recipe

Written for Coffee Book.

Adapted from Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi. The source measures water by the serving cup, so no fixed millilitre amount is assumed here.

Mehmet Efendi’s cezve brewing guide