How to Make Real Lebanese Coffee (Video Available)

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How to Make Real Lebanese Coffee (Video Available)

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It's the espresso that will keep you awake at night and have you bouncing off the walls. Who needs drugs when you can overdose on Lebanese Coffee!! (or Turkish for those who wish to argue this point)

It's the espresso that will keep you awake at night and have you bouncing off the walls. Who needs drugs when you can overdose on Lebanese Coffee!! (or Turkish for those who wish to argue this point)

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I think this is a good time to discuss OCD. Yes! My mother suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and that's why everything is red. Glad that's cleared up. Let's begin!

I think this is a good time to discuss OCD. Yes! My mother suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and that's why everything is red. Glad that's cleared up. Let's begin!

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Get yourself a Lebanese style coffee pot. Mum will love you if it's a red one. You can find them online or in your middle eastern delis.

Get yourself a Lebanese style coffee pot. Mum will love you if it's a red one. You can find them online or in your middle eastern delis.

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Fill it up with water, leaving around 1 cm space from the top. This is using 350 ml of water. Turn on your hot plate or gas stove and let it heat up.

Fill it up with water, leaving around 1 cm space from the top. This is using 350 ml of water. Turn on your hot plate or gas stove and let it heat up.

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If you watch my video on YouTube (link on my profile) we make a large pot. Check it out.

If you watch my video on YouTube (link on my profile) we make a large pot. Check it out.

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Before the water starts to boil add your coffee. This is about the size of the spoon you need to use. It's 3 heaped teaspoons of Najjar coffee beans (available online for about $9-12 U.S.)

Before the water starts to boil add your coffee. This is about the size of the spoon you need to use. It's 3 heaped teaspoons of Najjar coffee beans (available online for about $9-12 U.S.)

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Second spoon.

Second spoon.

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3rd spoon. Remember in the supply list we said you needed patience. Well this is the boring bit. As the water heats up and before it starts to boil. Let the coffee sink by itself before you stir.

3rd spoon. Remember in the supply list we said you needed patience. Well this is the boring bit. As the water heats up and before it starts to boil. Let the coffee sink by itself before you stir.

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Wait wait wait. Wait wait wait.

Wait wait wait. Wait wait wait.

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Wakey Wakey!!!! Nikki needs a coffee I think.

Wakey Wakey!!!! Nikki needs a coffee I think.

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Almost there.

Almost there.

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Alright, as the water becomes hot and starts to boil, you'll find the coffee sediment rises to the top. Using your long handle teaspoon start to lift up the coffee and drop it back into the pot.

Alright, as the water becomes hot and starts to boil, you'll find the coffee sediment rises to the top. Using your long handle teaspoon start to lift up the coffee and drop it back into the pot.

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It's a lot easier to watch the video, however it was a snap guide request so I hope this makes sense. Keep going lift and drop. No need to lift so high. Just a few centimeters up.

It's a lot easier to watch the video, however it was a snap guide request so I hope this makes sense. Keep going lift and drop. No need to lift so high. Just a few centimeters up.

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Optional: sugar and just a pinch of cardamon powder. Both generally used in Lebanese coffee. We add 1 teaspoon of sugar and no cardamon.. It changes the taste completely.

Optional: sugar and just a pinch of cardamon powder. Both generally used in Lebanese coffee. We add 1 teaspoon of sugar and no cardamon.. It changes the taste completely.

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Give a little stir. Make sure your heat is not up too high. If this overflows you'll need more than Cinderella to help you clean!

Give a little stir. Make sure your heat is not up too high. If this overflows you'll need more than Cinderella to help you clean!

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Move the pot to the edge of your flame so that only one side starts to boil. This helps you control the overflow.

Move the pot to the edge of your flame so that only one side starts to boil. This helps you control the overflow.

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See the bubbles? Only on one side is boiling.

See the bubbles? Only on one side is boiling.

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Ok now we're really boiling and you need to stay focused. Raise up the coffee and drop it back in while the coffee is boiling on the edge.

Ok now we're really boiling and you need to stay focused. Raise up the coffee and drop it back in while the coffee is boiling on the edge.

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When the coffee sediments start to disappear and the bubbles become more clear, your coffee is ready. Let it sit for a few minutes and you're ready to pour!!

When the coffee sediments start to disappear and the bubbles become more clear, your coffee is ready. Let it sit for a few minutes and you're ready to pour!!

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I just want to show you what happens if your coffee overflows. See my pot? Now, imagine this all over the stove.

I just want to show you what happens if your coffee overflows. See my pot? Now, imagine this all over the stove.

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Use a little Lebanese coffee cup, add extra sugar if you like it sweeter and enjoy! Hint: don't throw your coffee sediments away, put them in your garden or pot plants. Amazing garden food.

Use a little Lebanese coffee cup, add extra sugar if you like it sweeter and enjoy! Hint: don't throw your coffee sediments away, put them in your garden or pot plants. Amazing garden food.

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Indulge yourself with one of these delicious sweets with Lebanese coffee. Thanks for your continued support and drop me a message or comment if you have any Q's. With love, Micho. :)

Indulge yourself with one of these delicious sweets with Lebanese coffee. Thanks for your continued support and drop me a message or comment if you have any Q's. With love, Micho. :)

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Supplies

3 Teaspoons Arabica coffee beans ground Heaped

1 Teaspoon Sugar

1 Mediterranean coffee pot

1 Patience!

350 Mililiters Water

Big Guy Big Flavors

Excellent, i'll have some this afternoon. Thanks

Big Guy Big Flavors 9 months ago

Michel Daher

Oh by the way. All the coffee cup readers tell you this. I got told many times when I was younger. But to find the one that you heart yearns and desires, You need to just be at the right place at the right time. It's typically how life works. Lol. Thanks for the comment :) as for strength of your coffee just use 2 spoons and 1/2 sugar. It should be fine.

(author) 9 months ago

Big Guy Big Flavors

Buy=but *

Big Guy Big Flavors 9 months ago

Big Guy Big Flavors

Great post! I had some of that coffee in my visit to lebanon to a tourist's sight called kala'at Mousa, litetally translated to Mousa's Castle. It was too strong for my liking buy hey, when in Rome right? So then there were a few coffee residue at the bottom of the cup, a syrian lady from our tour group asked if she could read my "future" by reading the coffee residue and she said that I will meet the one my heart "longs for and desires very soon"...I didn't :( ausome guide.

Big Guy Big Flavors 9 months ago

Michel Daher

Well you just leave it sit for a few minutes and all the coffee sediment should sit at the bottom of the pot. You never stir it after it has rested. You will always get a tiny amount when you pour. But if you get a lot then someone is stirring it ;) We never use filters of any kind :)

(author) 9 months ago

John Bonner

How do you stop grounds going in cup? Do pour it in with some sort of filter?

John Bonner 9 months ago

Andrea Prado

Thank you x

Andrea Prado 10 months ago

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Michel Daher

My absolute pleasure Andrea :)

(author) 10 months ago

Andrea Prado

It does to me lol. Thanks for doing the guide

Andrea Prado 10 months ago

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