Turkish coffee

Turkish coffee noun: coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.

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Noun

Turkish coffee (countable and uncountable, plural Turkish coffees)

Coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.
- When a cup of coffee is wanted, the requisite amount of finely powdered coffee is measured into one of these little coffee-pots; water enough to fill the pot is poured in, and it is set upon live coals, until it heats up to just the boiling point. It is then, without straining or otherwise settling...1881, Francis Beatty Thurber, Coffee; from Plantation to Cup, New York: American Grocer Publishing Association, page 35
- “We must think. Order some Turkish coffee, Tommy. Stimulating to the brain. Oh, dear, what a lot I have eaten!”1922 January, Agatha Christie, The Secret Adversary, London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, →OCLC

Turkish coffee meaning in Punjabi and Arabic

Turkish coffee in Punjabi

type of coffee: ਤੁਰਕੀ ਕੌਫੀ turkī kauphī

Turkish coffee in Arabic

type of coffee: قَهْوَة تُرْكِيَّة qahwa turkiyya

Examples of Turkish coffee in a sentence

It is then, without straining or otherwise settling the grounds, poured out into a tiny cup, and this is Turkish coffee.1881, Francis Beatty Thurber, Coffee; from Plantation to Cup, New York: American Grocer Publishing Association, page 35:
Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731:

Forms of Turkish coffee

plural	Turkish coffees

Questions about Turkish coffee

What does Turkish coffee mean?: Turkish coffee means coffee prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle.
What is Turkish coffee in Punjabi?: Turkish coffee in Punjabi is ਤੁਰਕੀ ਕੌਫੀ (turkī kauphī). See Turkish coffee meaning in Punjabi.
How do you use Turkish coffee in a sentence?: It is then, without straining or otherwise settling the grounds, poured out into a tiny cup, and this is Turkish coffee.
What part of speech is Turkish coffee?: Turkish coffee is a noun.
What is the plural of Turkish coffee?: The plural of Turkish coffee is Turkish coffees.

Words near Turkish coffee in the dictionary

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