Description
Papagalos Loumidis Greek Coffee is made using the finest roasted Greek coffee beans ground into a fine powder: yielding a bold full-bodied flavour and texture essential for this classic brew.
Unlike American filtered drip coffee or Italian Espresso, you’ll need a small narrow necked coffee pot called a “Briki” to make Papagalos Loumidis Greek Coffee.
The preparation involves gently boiling the coffee with cold water – adding sugar and ground cardamom or cardamom pods, if wanted – until it comes to a foam. The foam is an essential part of this special brew, as are the coffee grinds that should sink to the bottom of the demitasse-sized cup before drinking. Never stir before drinking and never add milk. Wait a couple of minutes and then savour the taste of Greece with family and friends.
If you’re a coffee lover and have never experienced the distinct pleasure of traditional “Greek Coffee,” you’re in for a major treat! For many centuries, drinking strong unfiltered coffee has been part of daily life, ritual and culture in Greece and in much of the Mediterranean and Middle East.
How to make good Greek coffee
Measure one cup (espresso sized cup) of cold water per person into the Briki (Coffee pot)
Add one heaped teaspoon of Greek coffee per cup
Add one teaspoon of sugar per cup (or according to taste)
Stir two or three times during the boiling period and as the froth starts to rise, remove the coffee pot from the stove and pour carefully to get the froth evenly distributed amongst the cups.
Serve the Greek coffee with a glass of cold water.
Do not drink the thick left over coffee grinds at the bottom of the cup.
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