Iced coffee - name, types and recipes

History of Greek Coffee Frappe

The Greek coffee frappe recipe is over 60 years old. It was first tried at an exhibition in Thessaloniki by a representative of the Swiss company Nestlé, who could not find boiling water for his instant coffee and used cold milk and a shaker to whip up drinks.

At that time, the composition included ingredients such as milk powder, cold water, and instant coffee powder. As practice shows, drinks using natural ingredients are much tastier, so at home you can prepare a cool cocktail for a hot evening with whole milk, espresso from natural beans. You can cool the ingredients with crushed ice, crushed in a blender or in a shaker.

Cooking recipes

To prepare the classic Greek iced coffee called frappe, you use instant powder. Add 150 ml of pure ice water, a few ice cubes and sugar to 2 teaspoons . Place everything in a shaker and shake until foam forms. Pour into a glass and add more ice.

Frappe with cream

The milk component makes the drink softer. To prepare Greek frappe coffee with milk or cream, you need to take:

2 tablespoons of natural ground grains;

60 ml water for 1 serving;

sugar to taste;

40 ml ice water to dilute the drink;

40 ml cream or full fat whole milk.

Preparation procedure:

Brew espresso in a coffee machine, add and stir sugar.

Cool the drink.

Add ice water and cream.

Beat until foam forms.

Add ice and serve.

You need to drink the cocktail slowly through a thick straw.

With ice cream

The pre-brewed espresso is cooled, then mixed with ice cream and a third chocolate bar in a blender to grind the ingredients. Ice, preferably crushed, is added to the resulting whipped mixture. The drink is whipped into foam again and served.

With fruits

Iced coffee in Greece may be served with fruit, such as cherries, to add sourness. To do this, prepare espresso and cool it. At this point, pit the cherries and grind them in a blender with ice. Place the cold mixture at the bottom of the cup and pour in espresso.

Greek coffee with fruit can be made with the addition of cream, for example strawberries.

Greek coffee - a recipe for longevity

Ingredients (for 1 serving):

100 ml water;
1 teaspoon of finely ground coffee (originally the Robusta variety, preferably freshly ground coffee);
sugar to taste.

Preparation:

1. Pour water into a Turk (preferably copper) and put it on low heat (the slower the heat, the better the foam in the drink), then add sugar and coffee (to avoid lumps of coffee and stir the sugar in a small amount of hot water). It is better for a Turk to take a tall and narrow one. High-quality foam in such a Turk will be achieved thanks to the uniform temperature distribution. Cook for a few minutes, wait until the coffee boils and the foam begins to rise, you can lift the Turk over the heat a couple of times, this will slow down the process of foam formation. Coffee should not be brought to a boil, otherwise it will have to be poured down the sink.

2. It is best to hold the finished coffee in the Turk for about one minute before pouring it into cups. Then you can pour the drink into cups. If you are preparing several cups at once, do not fill them all at once, first pour the foam into the cups and then add coffee to them. It is important that the foam is soft, fluffy and thick. According to the rules, when serving Greek coffee, you should also serve a glass of cold water with a few ice cubes.

Kaimaki

The legend about coffee, which appeared in Greece, is associated with kamaki - the foam that is formed when brewing coffee in a Turk. If the time has come for a girl to get married, then you can determine whether the groom likes you or not by the quality of the foam on the coffee. If it is dense and tall, the groom can count on reciprocity. If Greek coffee is served without foam, then the wedding will not take place.

The secret to making lush foam in the Turk is that the drink is never brought to a boil, but is removed every time the foam begins to rise. This technique is done 2-3 times, and it came to the Greeks from Turkey. The drink is considered properly prepared if there is still foam at the bottom at the end.

With thick foam

To make a fragrant drink with thick foam, you need the following ingredients:

1 teaspoon ground coffee;
sugar in the amount of one teaspoon;
70 ml cold water.

First, water is poured into the Turk. Then sugar and coffee are added. The indicated ingredients are thoroughly mixed. The dishes are placed on low heat. As soon as a thick foam appears, the Turk needs to be removed from the heat. The foam is poured into a cup. After which the Turk is again placed on the fire. Then the resulting foam is carefully removed again. The Turka is put back on the fire. After thick foam appears in the container again, the hot coffee is poured into a cup: it is one hundred percent ready for drinking.

In conclusion, it must be emphasized that there are a huge number of options for making coffee. But in order to make it truly tasty, it is recommended to use very finely ground grains, crushed practically to the point of dust.

Greek coffee and Frappe drink: recipes and production secret.

Despite the fact that in European countries this invigorating drink began to be consumed only a couple of centuries ago, traditional coffee has managed to be enriched with hundreds of different types and production methods. At home there is Greek coffee, the real taste of which can only be discovered when traveling to Hellas. Greece is the land of true connoisseurs of coffee pleasure: it is not for nothing that the Greeks have a widespread saying that good coffee is remembered for as long as 40 years. What is the secret of local recipes? We'll find out in this article.

Elliniko

This recipe for natural Greek coffee is almost exactly the same as what is prepared in the East. The fact is that the Greeks were once under the rule of the Turks, then they freed themselves and declared independence. Some dishes and drinks from those times have remained relevant to this day.

For helliniko, you need to properly grind the grains, turning them completely into dust. The process goes like this:

Pour 2 teaspoons of powder into a copper pot, add sugar and add water.

Place on fire and watch when the foam begins to rise.

As soon as this happens, the Turk is removed from the heat and left for a minute.

Place on the fire again and bring to a boil.

The ritual is repeated three times. It is important to maintain a time interval between heating and cooling. This Greek equivalent of the oriental drink is served with a glass of water.

Interesting! In Greece, people never drink coffee quickly while running off to work. This ritual is performed in a cafe, although the prices there are much more expensive.

Coffee with cream foam, Greek style

Ingredients:

cold water, 1 cup about 70 ml;
ground Brazilian coffee, level teaspoon;
sugar, level teaspoon.

In addition, you will need:

a special spoon for making coffee, with a long handle;
Turk with a wide bottom and a narrow neck, copper;
hot sand or, in its absence, a gas burner;
cold water, 1 glass.

Cooking method

Pour cold water into the Turk, and then add ground coffee and sugar. Mix everything thoroughly, beat lightly with a spoon. Place the Turk with coffee in hot sand or place it on a gas burner over medium heat. After a while, when the surface begins to fill with bubbles, get ready to carefully watch how the foam forms and rises, filling with coffee cream.

It is important not to miss the moment of formation of bubbles and the appearance of foam. After the foam rises for the first time, quickly pour some of it into a cup, then place the Turk again in hot sand or on a gas burner; After 1-2 seconds the foam will rise again, pour some of this foam into the cup again. Do the same for the third time and slowly pour the remaining coffee into the cup.

Greek coffee with cream foam is ready!

Without this foam there is no real Greek coffee. Getting this foam is the whole point, it’s not for nothing that it’s called cream or cream, that’s what it is. Coffee must be drunk with cold water, so place a glass of cold water next to the cup.

Coffee Freddo – espresso and cappuccino

Greek coffee Fredo has two varieties - espresso and cappuccino. The first one is prepared simply - cold espresso and ice are mixed. The drink is not strong, as the melting ice cubes dilute the drink.

Greek Fredo Cappuccino coffee is made with cold whole milk, plus espresso and ice. The milk is pre-whipped cold to form foam. Put a lot of ice - up to half the container.

Instead of regular milk, you can add condensed milk, then it will be a very sugary drink that can make you thirsty in the summer. For the summer heat, an unsweetened strong drink with a double shot of espresso is more suitable.

Drink without cooking

To get a larger dose of caffeine, it is recommended to infuse coffee beans in cold water. It is best to do this at night - in 6 - 8 hours all chemical compounds are extracted into the liquid. Honore de Balzac is considered the first author of this drink.

Greek coffee is prepared from a mixture of beans - Robusta and Arabica. The ratio of varieties depends on the preferences of cafe visitors. If a person likes a sour-bitter taste, he will be offered a mixture consisting of 50% robusta.

It also contains more caffeine - almost 2.5 times, so the drink will be very invigorating. This is not recommended for hypertensive patients or people with heart problems to drink in hot weather. For everyone else, increased dosages of caffeine are not scary, especially if you drink a glass of water before a cup of Greek coffee.

The degree of extraction also depends on the grind - the finer it is, the more caffeine and essential oils will get into the water. You can make a drink without cooking from green grains - this type is popular among those people who watch their figure or practice a healthy eating style.

Roasted grains are tastier, but less healthy. Greens contain a large amount of the antioxidant chlorogenic acid, but when frying this chemical compound is completely destroyed.

To make extracted coffee without boiling, you need to pour ground beans into a container. The degree of grinding does not matter in this case. The mixture is left overnight and can be drunk in the morning.

Cyprus coffee

Those vacationing on the island of Cyprus, not far from Greece, can be offered a cup of the Congolese Robusta variety in the cafe. This is a very rich drink, unlike Arabica. The preparation recipe is no different from Turkish, but Cypriots do not like it when Cypriot coffee is called Turkish.

There are several types of sugar based on the amount of sugar:

sketo – 1 spoon or without sugar;

metrio – 2;

in Greek glyco coffee there are 3 - 4 tablespoons of sugar - to taste it is sugar syrup with the addition of espresso;

Frappe is an iced cocktail, also called Greek coffee.

When ordering, the name of the coffee in Greek must be supplemented with the characteristics described above so that the barista knows how much sugar to put in the cup. If you don't specify, he will put 1 spoon.

In Cyprus, the most famous and best-selling brand is Dundalis.

Video: How to properly brew Greek coffee drink

Where to drink coffee in Athens

There are many cozy and beautiful coffee shops in Athens, where you can soak up the traditional Greek atmosphere, relax and drink a cup or two of excellent coffee. Among the most famous places in the city there are three cafes that are traditionally popular with tourists.

Coffee Island

An excellent cafe in the city center near Monastiraki Square offers guests a large selection of desserts and sandwiches, delicious milkshakes and, of course, perfectly prepared coffee. A cup of aromatic drink costs 1.10-1.40 €. You can take coffee to go.

Cafe Lycabettus

Located on Mount Lycabettos, the cafe boasts stunning views of the Acropolis and other attractions of Athens. Another “trick” of the establishment is delicious Frappe and Freddo espresso, which are so pleasant to savor while admiring the surroundings. The cost of drinks is 4-5 €.

Cave of Acropolis

At the tavern at the very foot of the Acropolis you can try traditional Greek dishes and drinks. Greek coffee, Freddo cappuccino and Freddo espresso, Frappe with ice cream cost from 2 to 4.50 €.

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