Which Greek coffee?

Question: Which Greek coffee?

One of my friends recently visited Greece and praised the "Greek coffee" who served in all pubs. He said it was a kind of local specialty and has never tried such a thing at home. What exactly is the Greek coffee, and how can I do?

Answer: Greek coffee is basically the same as the Turkish coffee. As a "coffee Armenia," Armenian "Cypriot coffee" in Cyprus, Serbia "house coffee" and "Bosnian coffee" in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the term "Greek coffee" the way to Greece to be very important for something to qualify part of their culture, even if Turkey (which, with other regions of the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, the origin of the drink is said to be) often had political relations with these nations risk. (For example, Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974, the deterioration of relations between Greece and Turkey, and create rename "Turkish coffee" to "Greek coffee".)

As Turkish coffee, Greek coffee is finely ground coffee (sometimes called "Turkish" version), call the cooked tall and narrow cezve ibrik briki in a pot or. Greek coffee is served with units in the cup (made a often a half a cup), and the facilities are allowed to adjust the coffee is drunk slowly. Sweetness under Greek coffee is ideal for social gatherings, so it is not uncommon for people over Greek coffee at a cafe (a Greek coffee for men and women) or kafeneio often speak (Greek coffee for men) and Greek coffee visitors and guests in the Greek houses served. A study shows that the Greek style coffee break lasted more than 90 minutes - enough time to talk, catch up, gossip ... and let these countries are.

There are four main styles of Greek coffee:

• No sugar or sketos (pronounced skeh-tohss)
• Gentle enough or Metrics (pronounced ree-MEHT-SHO)
• Slight or Glykos (pronounced ghlee-KOHSS)
• Glykos very soft, or vary (pronounced VAH-REE-ghlee KOHSS)

Another variation on the Greek coffee is soft boiled coffee or vrastos glykys (pronounced KEE-ghlee-Vruh-stohss), but the drink is more than once cooked, and there is a lack of foam, one of the three main parts of Greek coffee:

• Country / left, which are applied to the underside of the shell
• The liquid masses coffee, which is strong and
• Foam (or Kaimaki delivered KAEE-MAH-kee), which should be rich

Greek coffee is usually served with a glass of cold water (or coffee is served, is the Czech pubs) and is sometimes served with sweet (like cookies). Served traditionally black, although some young people prefer to a Greek coffee order "double" and add milk to taste.

You can learn to make your own Greek Coffee with this great photo tutorial on how to Greek coffee Gaifyllia Nancy, former About.com Guide to Greek food.

If you are interested in learning about a different kind of coffee, which is very popular in Greece, strikes, see these video recipes for espresso strikes strikes and cherry.