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Jezwa is new and has no coffee to sell yet. What it does have is the method, and an obligation to describe it accurately. These guides say what their sources support, name their sources, and are specific about where they stop.
The method
How the coffee is actually made, and what happens in the pot.
Method
How is coffee made in a cezve?
Fine coffee, cold water and sugar meet in the pot before the heat. Then slow heat, foam, and small cups.
The words
Cezve, briki, rakwe, Turkish, Arabic — related, and not interchangeable.
Terminology
Are cezve, briki and rakwe the same thing?
The same kind of pot, three names, and three sets of customs that are not interchangeable.
Comparison
Are Turkish coffee and Arabic coffee the same?
No. Two separate UNESCO inscriptions, submitted by different States, describing different practices.
Glossary
Words, and where we got them
Two sourced entries, and six words we have not sourced yet — listed as gaps rather than left out.
The pot
What to look for before you buy one, from anybody.
Equipment
Is a copper cezve safe to use?
Yes, if it is lined. The question to ask a seller is not whether it is copper but what it is lined with.
How we write these
- A cultural claim needs a source we can link to, and the source is on the page. A retailer selling the pot is not a source.
- Where we have not sourced something, the page says so in the place where the answer would have been. We would rather have a visible gap than an invisible guess.
- Neither guide has been read by a contributor from the traditions it names. Both say so. We are looking for those readers, and they will be credited.
- No brewing numbers until we have run the test ourselves and can publish the equipment and the date.
- Corrections go to hello@jezwa.com and are genuinely wanted.