Cezve facts for kids

Turkish coffee being poured from a copper cezve.

A cezve (Turkish: cezve, [dʒezˈve]; Arabic: جَِذوة, also ibriki/briki; Greek: μπρίκι briki) is a small long-handled pot with a pouring lip designed specifically to make Turkish coffee. It is traditionally made of brass or copper, occasionally also silver or gold. In more recent times cezveler are also made from stainless steel, aluminium, or ceramics.

Name

The name cezve is of Turkish origin, where it is a borrowing from Arabic: جَِذوة (jadhwa or jidhwa, meaning ember).

The cezve is known as an ibrik, a Turkish word from Arabic إبريق (ʿibrīq), from Aramaic ܐܖܪܝܩܐ (ʾaḇrēqā), from early Modern Persian *ābrēž (cf. Modern Persian "ābrēz"), from Middle Persian *āb-rēǰ, ultimately from Old Persian *āp- 'water' + *raiča- 'pour' (cf. Modern Persian & Middle Persian ریختن[rêxtan]).

Variations

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia, the cezve is a long-necked coffee pot. In Turkish an ibrik is not a coffee-pot, but simply a pitcher or ewer.

Gallery

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  Copper cezve with Turkish coffee pouring out.

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  Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from Crete). A cezve is at the bottom.

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  Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a cezve and a sugar bowl.

See also

In Spanish: Cazo cafetero para niños