Cezve

A cezve (Turkish: cezve, pronounced [dʒezˈve]; Serbo-Croatian: džezva / џезва; Arabic: جَِذوة‎), also ibriki/briki (Greek: μπρίκι), srjep (Armenian: սրճեփ) 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.

"Briki" redirects here. For the Tunisian politician, see Abid Briki.
Turkish coffee being poured from a copper cezve

Name

The name cezve is of Turkish origin, where it is a borrowing from Arabic: جَِذوة‎ (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 ewer.

  • Copper cezve with Turkish coffee pouring out
    Copper cezve with Turkish coffee pouring out
  • Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from Crete). A cezve is at the bottom.
    Utensils to prepare Turkish coffee (handmade from Crete). A cezve is at the bottom.
  • Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a cezve and a sugar bowl
    Turkish coffee set containing a cup of coffee, a cezve and a sugar bowl

See also

References
  1. Steingass, Francis Joseph (1992). A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary: Including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be Met with in Persian Literature, Being, Johnson and Richardson's Persian, Arabic, and English Dictionary, Revised, Enlarged, and Entirely Reconstructed. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0670-8. page 8.
  2. Arabic in Context: Celebrating 400 years of Arabic at Leiden University. BRILL. 6 June 2017. ISBN 9789004343047.

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