Turkish Coffee

A great deal of importance is given to coffee-making. Sometimes the task falls to the only member of the household who possesses the right touch. Brazilian coffee beans are the favourite, passed through the grinder two or three times to achieve the correct fineness of powder. The coffee is measured by the spoon, 1 teaspoon per person; the water by the tiny cylindrical cup, 1 cup per person. It is made in a cezve, a long-handled, tin-lined brass pot which differs in size depending on