Welcome to Bayt Bushra.
I'm Bushra and this is my home.
Today we're going to solve the mystery that is Arabic coffee.
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Basically the confusion comes from
no real, concrete measurements.
And if you've had it your whole entire life,
and your parents make it and your mom makes
it and your grandma makes it and your dad
makes it, whatever.
Then you probably just adopted their measurements
which is something like 3 cups of the turkish
coffee (cup) a small teaspoon or a big tablespoon
or a heaping teaspoon or whatever.
For me and other people who don't have any
sort of foundation for the correct measurements
for coffee, I am here to help.
Is it Arabic coffee or is it Turkish coffee?
Well from the research that I've made it's
kind of all the same.
If you're in Turkey, you're going to call
it Turkish coffee.
If you go to any Arab land you're going to
call it Arabic coffee.
If you go to Greece, you're going to call
it Greek coffee.
Whatever you choose to call it, I'm going
to teach you how to make it today.
I typically have my coffee in a cup this size
-- which I measured the water that goes in here.
This makes half a cup.
The traditional Turkish coffee cup like this
one measures a third cup.
Usually I measure my water in the cups depending
on how many cups you're going to make.
Today I'm making enough for two people because
I'm inviting you along to have this cup of
coffee with me.
So I'm going to put two cups of water plus
half a cup into my ... coffee pot.
Arabic coffee pot looks like this.
You don't have one of these, you can just
use a traditional pot.
Also, you're going to need a plate that fits
on top of your coffee pot.
You're going to need some sugar and you're
going to need some coffee.
In Arabic this is called 'Bin'.
If you don't have any traditional Arabic coffee,
what you're going to do is you're going to
take the darkest roast coffee that you can
find in the store.
Grind that up until it's almost the same consistency
as powdered sugar.
It has to become a powder.
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A couple of things you need to remember
is that the sugar and the coffee need to boil
with the water.
It doesn't work if you put the sugar or the
coffee after the water has boiled.
Or if you put boiling water over the coffee
grounds.
You can totally omit the sugar in this recipe.
The amount of sugar for this recipe is actually what
we say in Arabic as 'wasat'.
Which is just a medium strength sugar.
This is going to come to a rolling boil.
This foam right here, to me, is the most delicious
part of the coffee.
I don't like to get rid of it too much so
I only boil my coffee once over
and you'll see what I mean by that.
This is going to boil and the coffee is going
to rise, the trick is to lift the pot before
the coffee totally boils over.
You can return it to the heat a couple of
times.
I would say a maximum of three or four times.
But I like to keep this foam on top.
It's so rich and creamy.
And here it is; it's coming to a boil.
This is the most exciting part.
Do not leave your coffee pot on the stove
unattended.
Alright.
[boiling]
I'm turning this off.
Place this lid here.
I'm just going to remove from the heat.
So that's it really!
You have successfully created a brew of Arabic
coffee.
It's very simple.
The trick was always to find the correct ratios.
If you have your friends over and you'd like to surprise them with something cool,
make them this Arabic coffee.
I guarantee they'll be excited.
Let me know in the comment section below if
you're the kind of person that has a small
cup or a big cup of coffee every day.
I don't have this every day but when I do
usually take the bigger cup.
Although you can never say no to these cute
little cups.
They're so cute.
It warms you from the inside.
Subscribe to the channel if you haven't already
and let me know what video you'd like to see next.
I'm just switching between coffees.
SO PERFECT.
Quick note: when you reach the bottom, the
grounds will have settled there.
You're actually NOT supposed to eat those.
I hope you liked this video about Arabic coffee.
It's short and simple and sweet and fantastic
and it will keep you up for the rest of the day.
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When I visited Jordan last I realized
that you were always served coffee
right when you got to someone's house as a
'Welcome to my house! Here have some coffee!'.
And then, the host was trying to tell you 
it's time for you to leave.
'Good bye.
Peace be with you.'
That's when they give you another cup of coffee.
That's your cue: drink your coffee and get out.
