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Tuesday, December 06, 2005 -----

Vacuum, Percolator, and Ibrik

A device used to clean up things on the floor; the cousin of the Terminator; and gibberish? Or different ways to prepare a nice cup of coffee? If you guessed the second one you are correct!

Vacuum is one of the most unique methods for preparing coffee. The coffee brewing device uses two glass bowls one on top of the other connected by the top globes tube. Cold water is placed in the bottom glass and coarsely ground coffee is put in the top glass. The coffee machine is then placed on a stove top to heat up. As the water in the lower container heats up it is forced up into the top bowl where the coffee is by means of steam pressure and then mixes. The pot is removed from the stove and within a few minutes the liquid coffee falls into the lower pot leaving the coffee grounds behind.

Percolators seem to be the black sheep of the coffee making world. It uses a process that goes against the traditionally accepted coffee making process. Here boiling water is pumped through a tube where it mixes with coffee grounds. This process is continuous as the coffee brews and tends to result in coffees bitterness and acidity. Because the coffee is constantly being reheated and put back through the grounds it extracts the oils and kills the flavor.

Ibriks, I am not going to lie, I find a bit strange. Ibrik is what the Greeks call them and cezve is what the Arabs call them. So what are they exactly? Turkish coffee pots thought to be the very first of all coffee pots. It is usually a brass container with a handle. Ibriks are most common in 4, 10, 14, and 21 ounces. They were originally designed to brew coffee in the hot desert sand. To make a pot simply fill the ibrik 2/3 with water (people usually add flavors or sugar to it) then top it with a heaping teaspoon of finely ground coffee beans and place it on the stove. The coffee on top creates an oven effect. As the water boils it foams up through the coffee. In preparation you are supposed to let the water foam up three times removing it from the heat just before it completely boils over-and that is the tricky part! Afterward pour slowly into mugs and enjoy.

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::  Posted by: JetBean  at 4:19 PM
  

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