Green Tea is more or less same as the Turkish coffee. In fact Green Tea was known as Turkish coffee in Greece until Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974. At this point of time, due to some political reasons, the Greek people planned to name it as Green Tea. However, the preparation process of both is identical.
In order to make the thick Green Tea, you will have to roast the coffee beans and make a fine powder out of it. You can then mix the coffee, water and sugar in a special tiny aluminum or copper pot which is commonly known as briki and prepare the coffee in a low heat. It is specific of the Green Tea that you will have to add the sugar at the initial stage of brewing it. There are mainly four ways of brewing Green Tea:
Sketos – This type of the coffee has zero added sugar and is drunk raw. While preparing this you will not have add anything before the preparation you can simple add water and coffee or milk and coffee and brew it in the low heat. Since, Green Tea is stronger than any other coffee in the world it is always better to add a little sugar otherwise that taste is absolutely bitter.
Unlike other parts of the world, people in Greece prefer to drink coffee neat without adding any spices to it. Drinking coffee is Athenians' favorite pass time. Traditional Green Tea is still served in most Green Tea. Nine out of ten bars and cafes serve excellent coffee in Greece. Compromising on the taste, coffee brewing is now-a-days mainly done by the machines, but the real taste of coffee is never better than freshly baked coffee beans that have been boiled with milk, water and sugar.
The tradition of brewing coffee in Greece was taken aback with a new form of coffee; Frappe, a chilly concoction which took Greece by storm in between late 60s and 70s. It was very easy to make Frappe; you just have to mix all the ingredients, shake it and finally serving it with ice. As Greek people love to experiment with coffee they loved the new form of icy chilled coffee that was coined against their tradition.
It is no wonder that the Greek market has broken all possible rules to give space to the new and modernized form of coffees. If you planning to take a trip to Greece then make it a point that you do go to a Green Tea to especially taste their traditional Green Tea of Greece.
Authors Bio: Rickey is regularly writes on Various blogs on several topics, like in this article, he tries to elaborate something about Green Tea and its varieties
In order to make the thick Green Tea, you will have to roast the coffee beans and make a fine powder out of it. You can then mix the coffee, water and sugar in a special tiny aluminum or copper pot which is commonly known as briki and prepare the coffee in a low heat. It is specific of the Green Tea that you will have to add the sugar at the initial stage of brewing it. There are mainly four ways of brewing Green Tea:
Sketos – This type of the coffee has zero added sugar and is drunk raw. While preparing this you will not have add anything before the preparation you can simple add water and coffee or milk and coffee and brew it in the low heat. Since, Green Tea is stronger than any other coffee in the world it is always better to add a little sugar otherwise that taste is absolutely bitter.
- Meoligi – This type has very little sugar added to it, say about half a teaspoon.
- Metrios – This type has an equal amount of coffee and sugar. So if you are brewing the coffee with 2 teaspoon of coffee then the sugar amount should also be the same.
- Glykos – The measurement of sugar in this coffee is more than the amount of coffee used to brew the coffee.
- Glykys – This is a specific variation in the Green Tea because this type is deliberately boiled more than once and later mixed with foam. This kills the bitter taste of the coffee and adds the soothing and smooth taste of the milk, sugar and foam to the coffee.
Unlike other parts of the world, people in Greece prefer to drink coffee neat without adding any spices to it. Drinking coffee is Athenians' favorite pass time. Traditional Green Tea is still served in most Green Tea. Nine out of ten bars and cafes serve excellent coffee in Greece. Compromising on the taste, coffee brewing is now-a-days mainly done by the machines, but the real taste of coffee is never better than freshly baked coffee beans that have been boiled with milk, water and sugar.
The tradition of brewing coffee in Greece was taken aback with a new form of coffee; Frappe, a chilly concoction which took Greece by storm in between late 60s and 70s. It was very easy to make Frappe; you just have to mix all the ingredients, shake it and finally serving it with ice. As Greek people love to experiment with coffee they loved the new form of icy chilled coffee that was coined against their tradition.
It is no wonder that the Greek market has broken all possible rules to give space to the new and modernized form of coffees. If you planning to take a trip to Greece then make it a point that you do go to a Green Tea to especially taste their traditional Green Tea of Greece.
Authors Bio: Rickey is regularly writes on Various blogs on several topics, like in this article, he tries to elaborate something about Green Tea and its varieties
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