Before talking about the nowadays’ machines, it would be
much better to look back to the history. When the coffee was brought to Turkey,
it was more in the palace rather than the public of course. The Sultans, Pashas
favored the coffee too much and suddenly coffee drinking was a big ceremony
with all its equipment. By the way the first Sultan to drink the coffee was Sultan
Suleiman the Magnificent, as his Yemen Governor, namely Ozdemir Pasha, brought
the coffee. Following the palaces, courts and mansions finally coffee was also
popular in houses. I mean it was available for public as well. Coffee was
roasted not commercially but at homes just for the local use. So the first roasters were just pans made of
steel or brass. Later on we can see some charcoal drum roasters.
Drinking coffee in Palace was really a big ceremony but
coffee also created more humble but still efficient ceremony in the houses too.
Turkish coffee was and still is, served with water and Turkish delight. Water
helps cleaning your mouth and enabling you to have the real taste of coffee and
enjoy it utmost. Delight was served as the coffee was made mostly without
sugar. Below you can see two of my favorite videos on YouTube about how to
prepare Turkish coffee.
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