Name: A Perfect cup of Silk Road Coffee
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: Simmer over low heat until foam rises to the surface. If desired, add a dash of cardamom, saffron or rose water; for Yemeni-style coffee, add a dash of ground ginger. Remove from the heat. To make sure that every cup of coffee has the same consistency, fill each cup a little at a time, until each is full. Sip the coffee carefully so as not to swallow any grounds.; For each small (4-ounce) cup, put 1 teaspoon powdered coffee, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 1 Turkish cup (4 ounces) of water into a small pan or ibrik. Stir with a spoon.

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Silk Road Cooking

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2000

About

After drinking this coffee, remove the saucer and place it on top of the cup. Invert the cup and saucer away from yourself with your left hand (the hand of the heart). Then turn the cup over. A fortune teller—or just an insightful friend—can read your fate in the pattern of the grounds left behind in the cup.