Coffee in the east. Coffee with cinnamon and cardamom

The homeland of coffee is Ethiopia. Here, wild Arabica varieties still grow. It is from Ethiopia that the bitter black drink, possessing invigorating properties, began its historical procession across all countries of the world. Nowadays, even residents of such "tea" countries, like China and Japan, are considered one of the most numerous consumers of elite coffee varieties.

Peter brought coffee to Russia. I remember that in a film about Peter the boyar family, sitting at the dinner table, was smothered by the coffee grounds, which they allegedly ate at the tsar's order ate with spoons, apparently having no idea how to Correctly brew this drink. However, despite the almost forcible introduction of the overseas product into the diet of Russian residents Peter 1, he quickly "got accustomed" to us and became one of the most consumed and favorite drinks.

For not one century of existence of this drink in its ways of production, preparation and compounding, there have been significant changes. Real coffee lovers and gourmets still recognize only the traditional classical way of cooking it, but there are fans who prefer coffee flavored with various spicy additives that soften its taste and saturate fragrant spicy notes and aromas. The most famous spices, perfectly combined with the taste and smell of coffee, are cinnamon and cardamom. The bark of the Bullfisher, which grows in Ceylon and in China, is most often sold in the ground form, it can also be in the form of thin, rolled tubes, and has an amazing, very fragrant smell. How to make coffee with cinnamon? The easiest way is to cook the espresso and add a teaspoon of cinnamon to the ready-made drink. There are recipes for making a black drink with the addition of cinnamon and cardamom. Coffee with cinnamon is boiled and with milk, so it turns out coffee latte.

For preparation of latte with cinnamon, black coffee is brewed in the Turkish style in the classical way first. Then in the saucepan, milk is warmed up, sugar and cinnamon are added, everything is mixed well, cooked coffee is poured into hot milk ( soluble coffee powder can be used). When the coffee-and-milk mixture begins to boil, it is removed from the heat, allowed to stand for a minute and poured into cups.

By the way, it is known that cinnamon contributes to the breakdown of fats, so coffee and cinnamon are not only a tasty, invigorating drink, it is often used to reduce weight. For greater effect in black coffee with cinnamon add a little red pepper.

Cardamom, like many oriental spices, has not only a very bright aroma, but also medicinal properties, it increases appetite and normalizes the work of the intestine. Cardamom in coffee like to add in India and the Arab countries, and important ingredients for making coffee in these countries are saffron and rose water. Coffee with cardamom is cooked in two main ways. At the first at the end of cooking in a boiling drink add a few seeds of cardamom powder or fine grind and give the coffee a little bit of it. In the second method, the coffee is brewed in cardamom water, i.e. First in the water boil the seeds of cardamom, then it is filtered and the resulting solution is used for brewing coffee. There are recipes, where coffee is simultaneously added and cinnamon, and cardamom.

To make black coffee with cinnamon and cardamom, a Turk with water is put on fire when the water begins to boil, ground coffee is added to it, then two or three pieces of cardamom and a half teaspoon of ground cinnamon or several pieces of bark. When a "live" foam cap appears on the turkey's surface and it begins to rise, the Turk is removed from the fire and the coffee is allowed to steep literally for one minute, then poured through a strainer into cups and add sugar to taste.