Who Actually Drinks Turkish Or Other

[JDHarding]

being a barista (and coffee lover), i very much recommend beans from intelligentsia. everything they touch turns to gold as far as i'm concerned... especially the black cat espresso

I bought some Starbucks beans this week. Guatemala Antigua.. not very good. Maybe I should try Intelligentsia's guatemalas.

[antouwan]

i usually drink iced tea (WOO TEXAS) despite being the biggest leb/phoeniciaphile you'll ever meet.

however, right now [after reading this thread] i'm going to go snag some lebanese coffee and make a pot.

anyway, i usually actually drink Edna's armenian coffee. my armo friends got me on to it - every now and then, however, i still need my cardamom fix a la libanais.Najjar is a good brand which is usually available locally, i find that m3atoo' is hands down the best coffee i have come to taste (of this variety/preparation style, at least). another pretty decent brand is al rifai.

always go with the cardamom if you're looking for authentic lebanese style, or hold it if you want something more greek/turkish/any arab state.

m3atoo' edna's

also, more on the coffee: if i remember correctly, john's mode of preparation is distinctly lebanese. he boils the water, adds the sugar, and then waits for the reboil. takes the sugar water off the heat and then adds the coffee and then reboils, stirs down, reboils, stirs down, reboils serve.

the more common mode of preparation would simply to add the coffee water and sugar (if desired) to the pot at once and combine. then allow to come just before the boil, stir down, repeat once. finito.

you choose.

ENJOY!

[no longer welcome]

well my regular coffee machine is broken and then we got this fancyschmancy one from costco that makes all different types and it came defective so its been a couple of days with out my regular morning coffee. I have been making arabic coffee in the morning, it's great but I do prefer my American style of coffee for a daily drink. Arabic/turkish coffee is just too much, especially if you have 4 of the small cups.
About smoking and drinking this coffee, since this is a hookah related thread, I usually smoke my hookah every night, and stay away from caffeine during those hours, on the rarer occasions when I smoke during the early day I will have some coffee, and either kind will work for me.
I'm patiently awaiting a new, very simple, coffee maker so I can get in my simple two cups of morning coffee.

[twoapplesplease]

John if ya haven't tried a french press there perfect for making 2-4 cups.Easy,simple and tastes great.

[NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD]

enjoying another cup of najjar..its time like this that make it worth waking up in the morning, even thought its 2:52pm..lol