Good morning fellas, are you awake yet? Maybe not, because you haven’t drunk your morning coffee yet. Coffee is the most consumed drink in the morning in all of Europe, and 3rd most consumed beverage after water and Tea. Nowadays, it has become a tradition to drink coffee to wake up from deep sleep in many houses.
Today we bring you something far amazing than just a regular coffee, introducing Greek coffee, or you can say it, Greek-style coffee, widely known as Turkish coffee, but it has another name, Ellinikos Kafes. It is a special kind of coffee made from a unique procedure using a pot called a briki. It is stronger than normal coffee and more aromatic.
What is Greek Coffee
A traditional style of coffee made by locals in Greece. It has a strong aroma and taste with a beautiful dark color and white creamy foam on top, but a moderate caffeine amount, made from very finely ground coffee. Brewing it in water inside a copper or steel pot called Briki (bree-kee), locals in Greece drink this Greek coffee as a ritual. Modern Greek coffee shops are somewhat different from the traditional Kafeneion of the past. However, you will find many locals, whether they are men or women, young or old, sipping their aromatic Greek-style coffee and enjoying their lovely evening.
Easy guide for making Greek Coffee
Let’s see, and also take notes on how Greek coffee is made:
First thing you need, and is an essential part of the process, is a pot called a briki (bree-kee), a steel pot, sometimes copper, with a long, slim handle with a wide base, and a narrow neck, for imaging it start from the bottom of the pot it is wide and as we move upper and upper it gets narrower, for size this pot comes in various sizes but the most common sizes are these sets of 3 small, medium and large.
- In a small briki, you can make approximately 160ml - 225ml of Greek coffee
- In a medium pot, you can make somewhere around 350ml of Greek-style coffee
- In a large size, you get a volume of around 500ml - 700ml for coffee
Let’s see what materials are required for the Greek coffee
Traditional Fine-Ground Classic Greek Coffee, you can look through the internet and buy Greek coffee online.
- A Briki
- Water
- Sugar(as per the taste)
- Small cups(for serving)
Process of Greek Coffee
After collecting all the materials and ingredients, you are ready to make the coffee:
First, fill your cute little cups with normal water(it is an easy and good way for measurement, you will always get the correct results), and then pour it into the brika, then add a spoonful of the Greek coffee inside the brika, followed by the water, and first mix it before moving to the other step, and now add sugar what’s interesting for the Greek style coffee is the way of adding sugar.
They distribute the amount of sweetness in levels:
- Sketos (skeh-tohss): sweetness-free, so zero amount of sugar.
- Metrios (meht-re-ohss): Medium-sweet. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar per 1 teaspoon of coffee.
- Glykos (ghlee-kohss): Sweet coffee: Add 2 teaspoons of sugar per 1 teaspoon of coffee.
Now, after you have decided on your sweetness level, let us continue the process. The next step is putting the brika on the heat. Use a gas burner because it is traditional here, now, stir the coffee here should be around medium-low. After mixing it completely, make sure you blend all the flavours.
Stop immediately, stop mixing the coffee, and wait for the kaïmaki, a white creamy foam. Once you get the foam right before the boil, stop the gas burner and take the briki off from there, now pour the coffee with the kaïmaki also in every cup evenly and enjoy your traditional Greek coffee.
FAQS
What is the solution for the pot called briki?
Buy a briki, I am joking. If you don’t have access to the briki pot, then look in your kitchen or maybe the whole house and find any narrow saucepan. It also needs to be small and problem-solve.
What is with this sweetness level?
Sweetness level is the amount of sweat you want your coffee to have by adding sugar, and these are the levels Greek people used: Sketos, no sugar, Metrios, mild sugar, and Glykos, too much sugar
Is using raw coffee beans allowed in making the Greek-style coffee?
No, you see, the finely ground powder is the key ingredient of the coffee; it is the only thing that makes Greek coffee a Greek coffee
