Cezve

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A cezve (

. 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

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The name cezve is of

Arabic

: جِذوَة‎ (jadhwa or jidhwa, meaning 'ember').

The cezve is also 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 and Middle Persian ریختن [rêxtan]).^[1][2]

Variations

In Bulgaria, Albania, 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

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

• Dallah (Arabic coffee pot)
• Jebena (Ethiopian coffee pot)
• Arabic coffee
• Turkish coffee
• List of cooking vessels

References