Makes 1 cup.
Ingredients
1 cup water
2 heaped teaspoons of extra finely ground good quality coffee (powder consistency)
1/8 to 1/4teaspoon ground cardamom, or 2 cardamom pods
1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
Directions
First place the sugar and cardamom in your ibrik. If you do not have an ibrik use a small saucepan. Add the water and place coffee on top of water but do not stir. Place over low to medium heat and heat up just until coffee starts to foam. Then remove your saucepan from the heat source and gently stir the coffee until the foam subsides. Return saucepan to heat and allow coffee to foam again. Remove from heat. Repeat a third time, but this time after the foam rises, remove from the stove and do not stir. Pour into demitasse cups (with or without some foam) and allow to sit for a few minutes for the grounds to settle to the bottom of the cup. Don’t pour out the last drop since the bottom of the ibrik will be sludge. Cardamom pod may be served in cup for added flavor.
