Turkish-Style Cinnamon Coffee
Fragrant, Turkish-style, and a great pick-me-up for the whole day! This cinnamon coffee is brewed in a cezve (Turkish coffee pot) on the stove. It calls for just a handful of ingredients, but you can add other spices to taste — ground pepper, cardamom, or cloves.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
How do you make coffee with cinnamon? Get your ingredients ready. Use your favorite coffee at the roast level you like best. You can use pre-ground coffee, or grind whole beans to a fine powder in a coffee grinder. Freshly ground beans make a more aromatic cup, since they haven't had time to lose their fragrance. Use clean drinking water with no off tastes.
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Step 2:
Rinse the cezve with hot water and set it over low heat to dry and warm up. The coffee's aroma blooms faster in a warm cezve.
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Step 3:
Spoon 2 heaping teaspoons of ground coffee into the cezve and set it over low heat. Warm the coffee for 1 minute.
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Step 4:
Add the ground cinnamon and sugar to the cezve, pour in cold water, and stir with a long-handled coffee spoon. My cezve is large, enough for two 150 ml servings. Don't fill it to the brim — fill it only up to the narrow part of the neck, because the coffee foams and rises a lot once it boils. If the cezve is filled to the brim, some of the coffee will boil over.
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Step 5:
Set the cezve over low heat and bring the coffee to a boil. When it boils and the foam starts rising, wait until it almost reaches the rim, then quickly take it off the heat. At this point you can let the coffee rest for a couple of minutes and pour it into cups. I like to repeat the boil 2 more times: let the foam settle a bit, return the cezve to the heat, bring it back to a boil, and take it off again. And once more.
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Step 6:
Pour the coffee into cups and serve. If you like, add milk or cream. Enjoy!
- If you'd rather not fuss with ground coffee and prefer instant, just put the instant coffee, cinnamon, and sugar in a cup, pour over boiling water, and let it steep for 3–5 minutes.
- Along with the cinnamon, you can add a small star anise pod and a clove bud to the cezve for an even more fragrant cup.
- It's best to cook with filtered or bottled water that has a neutral taste. Tap water can give the drink an unpleasant, characteristic aftertaste.
- Instead of sugar, you can use a heat-stable sweetener.
- For many people around the world, the morning starts with a cup of coffee. Some like strong ground coffee with no spices and no sugar; others prefer instant with cream or milk. Here, we'll brew freshly ground coffee with ground cinnamon and sugar.
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Natural coffee, ground - 201 kcal/100g
- Coffee - 94 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
- Ground cinnamon - 247 kcal/100g
