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A cezve ( tr, cezve, ; ar, جَِذوة, also ibriki/briki; gr, μπρίκι briki) is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make
File:Bakırcezve-fincan.jpg, Copper cezve with Turkish coffee pouring out
File:Mocca2.JPG, Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from
alt.coffee thread archive regarding cezve word origin
Comech's cezve page at tamu.edu
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A cezve ( tr, cezve, ; ar, جَِذوة, also ibriki/briki; gr, μπρίκι briki) is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make Turkish coffee
Turkish coffee is a style of coffee prepared in a ''cezve'' using very finely ground coffee beans without filtering.
Preparation
Turkish coffee is very finely ground coffee brewed by boiling. Any coffee bean may be used; arabica varieties are c ...
. It is traditionally made of brass or copper, occasionally also silver or gold. In more recent times ''cezveler'' are also made from stainless steel, aluminium, or ceramics.
Name
The name ''cezve'' is of Turkish origin, where it is a borrowing from ar, جَِذوة ('','' meaning ember). The cezve is also known as an ''ibrik'', a Turkish word fromArabic
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('), from Aramaic
The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...
ܐܖܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā), from early Modern Persian *ābrēž (cf. Modern Persian ), from Middle Persian *āb-rēǰ, ultimately from Old Persian *āp- 'water' + *raiča- 'pour' (cf. Modern Persian & Middle Persian 'rêxtan''.
Variations
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia, the cezve is a long-necked coffee pot. In Turkish an ''ibrik'' is not a coffee-pot, but simply a pitcher orewer
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). A cezve is at the bottom.
File:Turska kava.jpg, Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a cezve and a sugar bowl
See also
* Dallah (Arabic coffee pot) *Jebena
Jebena (Amharic: ጀበና, Arabic: جبنة) is a traditional Ethiopian and Eritrean Coffeemaker, coffee pot made of pottery. Locally known as ''jabana'', it is also widely used in Sudan, and the coffee itself is called ''buna''.
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(Ethiopian coffee pot)
* Arabic coffee
Arabic coffee is a version of the brewed coffee of ''Coffea arabica'' beans. Most Arab countries throughout the Middle East have developed distinct methods for brewing and preparing coffee. Cardamom is an often-added spice, but it can alternative ...
* Turkish coffee
Turkish coffee is a style of coffee prepared in a ''cezve'' using very finely ground coffee beans without filtering.
Preparation
Turkish coffee is very finely ground coffee brewed by boiling. Any coffee bean may be used; arabica varieties are c ...
* List of cooking vessels
This is a list of cooking vessels. A cooking vessel is a type of cookware or bakeware designed for cooking, baking, roasting, boiling or steaming. Cooking vessels are manufactured using materials such as steel, cast iron, aluminum, clay and va ...
References
Sources
alt.coffee thread archive regarding cezve word origin
Comech's cezve page at tamu.edu
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