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Turkish coffees

Turkish coffees is the plural of Turkish coffee.

Meaning of Turkish coffee

Noun

Turkish coffee (countable and uncountable, plural Turkish coffees)

  1. 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

Questions about Turkish coffees

What is Turkish coffees the plural of?
Turkish coffees is the plural of Turkish coffee.

Words near Turkish coffees in the dictionary

  1. Turkish breads
  2. Turkish carpet
  3. Turkish carpets
  4. Turkish checkers
  5. Turkish coffee
  6. Turkish coffees
  7. Turkish corsair
  8. Turkish corsairs
  9. Turkish crescent
  10. Turkish crescents
  11. Turkish delight

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