Warsaw-style coffee: recipe, preparation technology, equipment

Strong coffee lovers, especially those who are not keen on its bitter taste, will most likely enjoy the Warsaw version of this drink. This is a good alternative to the popular cappuccino. Poles will offer you this drink in literally every coffee shop. The Warsaw drink has its own history, almost three centuries old.

The wonderful invigorating drink began to be consumed in the “Land of Churches” in the 18th century (1724, to be precise), but soon the ladies and gentlemen decided that ordinary coffee was too harsh. A way was found to soften the taste so that the ratio of coffee powder to liquid did not change. The secret turned out to be baked milk.

You don’t have to be fluent in Polish to order and drink a cup of Warsaw coffee. Let's say you come to Poland and want to try this drink. Just say two words: “kawa Warszawska”. The Polish language is not difficult for Slavs. You are guaranteed to be understood. Even in Poland, many people speak English, so the nuances of cooking can be discussed in English.

Polish coffee shop where they make kawa Warszawska

There is no need to go to a restaurant or cafe to enjoy a natural energy drink. A delicious drink can be easily prepared at home. In our article we will show you recipes based on the “secrets” of professional baristas. Remember that the drink we are talking about has a three-century history, and as a result, there are many options. There are several versions of the recipe, because over three centuries it has changed many times. Each famous barista added something of their own to it and, one might say, a piece of their soul. We will present the most popular recipes for making Warsaw coffee in our article.

Subtleties of preparing the drink

You need to make coffee at home exclusively from natural beans. A soluble product will not work. When using it, the drink will not acquire the necessary taste qualities. In addition, the following recommendations should be followed:

You need to grind the grains before starting cooking. It is better not to perform these actions in advance;
coffee fractions should be medium in size. Excessively small and large ones should not be used;
It is better to add baked milk instead of regular milk . This product has a special aroma;
Cups should be warmed before filling. To preserve the delicate foam, the liquid is poured into them in a thin stream, slowly;
Boiled milk should not be added to the composition. Otherwise, there will be pieces of foam in the finished drink;
decorate the surface with cocoa or melted chocolate. In Poland it is not customary to use cinnamon for this purpose.

Cooking technology

First of all, you should choose the right coffee beans, paying attention to the expiration date, proper storage and quality of the product. You need to use exclusively natural coffee, which is significantly superior in aroma brightness to any variety of instant analogue.
It is not recommended to grind grains in advance. This process must precede preparation, and they must be ground to a medium grind to avoid large amounts of sediment from getting into the drink after straining.
The technical equipment of the process does not require the purchase of any complex equipment. It is enough to have a Turk (or a small mug or saucepan), a measuring cup and equipment for mixing and serving coffee.

Preparation is carried out in several stages.

First, the milk is poured into a Turk and heated over medium heat until foam forms, i.e. almost to a boil.
Then it is removed from the heat, and pre-crushed grains are poured into it in small portions.
After this, the coffee with milk is brought to a boil with constant stirring and removed from the heat again.
When the foam settles, the mixture is stirred and brought to a boil again.

Warsaw style coffee is ready!

Step-by-step cooking allows you to get a wonderful drink with a bright aroma and delicious taste. Various modifications of recipes entail small additions and changes during the cooking process, but the basic outline remains the same.

Classic coffee recipe

When using the classic recipe, the following ingredients are used:

10 g crushed grains;
100 ml water;
100 ml milk;
3 g vanilla sugar;
10 g granulated sugar.

The following actions are performed:

Coffee powder is poured into the pot and immediately poured cold water.
The cezve is placed on the stove.
As soon as foam appears on the surface, set the container aside.
Add granulated sugar to the composition and put the Turk back on the fire.
When the liquid begins to boil, the cezve is set aside.
In a separate container, milk is mixed with vanilla sugar and the resulting mass is heated on the stove. It is not brought to a boil.
The milk product is initially poured into the cup.
The strained coffee drink is slowly poured on top.

If desired, the surface can be sprinkled with chocolate chips. Thanks to this, the taste will improve significantly.

Necessary equipment

To prepare the Warsaw drink without leaving home, you will need a good Turk. We looked at how to choose it here. For true connoisseurs of the drink, it will always be the main equipment for making coffee. No car can replace Turku. Someone great said that properly prepared coffee has a leisurely aroma. And he turned out to be right! Choosing a container can be difficult. We will try to help you with recommendations for choosing. Turks are made from a variety of materials:

Made of ceramics and clay;
Aluminum and copper;
Silver and glass;
There are even Crystal Turks!

A steel container will last you the longest. Ceramic and steel are easier to maintain. Copper is for uniform heating of your favorite drink. Good oxygen saturation is guaranteed by ceramic and clay containers. They hold the temperature best.

In restaurants and coffee shops, especially fast foods, coffee is prepared using coffee machines. Thus, the main principle of coffee preparation is violated: “Real coffee has the aroma of leisure.” The ritual of drinking this drink is meditative and helps set you up for a successful and productive day.

If you are looking for coffee equipment for yourself and cannot choose between a copper or ceramic Turk, then this is the place for you.

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Classic Warsaw coffee recipe

Ingredients:

eight grams of coffee,
sixty milliliters of baked milk,
the same amount of water, five grams of sugar.

Pour coffee into the cocotte maker or Turk, pour water and put on fire. We wait until it boils. Cook over low heat. Remove from heat as soon as it boils. After ten seconds, return the Turk to the fire and boil again. Then we repeat the procedure. There should be three boils in total. Next step: cool and strain the coffee. We heat the baked milk, but not to one hundred degrees. Heat a cup and pour milk into it. In a thin (!) stream, pour our coffee directly into the milk.

Warsaw coffee with milk

You will need:

eight grams of coffee,
a quarter liter of baked milk,
ten to twenty-five grams of sugar,
two to three grams of vanilla sugar
and, if desired, five to ten grams of chocolate.

The milk must be heated to sixty degrees. Pour coffee, sugar and vanilla sugar into milk. Stir. Place the cocotte maker or Turk on low heat and boil.

Kawa Warszawska recipe with milk

The resulting drink must settle. After this, heat it up again to one hundred degrees. Let it stand for two minutes again and boil for the third time. When the coffee has cooled a little, strain it and whisk until foamy. Place a small piece of chocolate in a spoon and keep it over steam. Pour the resulting melted chocolate into the cup. No need to stir before serving. Chocolate serves as a decoration for the drink.

Warsaw coffee with foam

We will need the following ingredients:

eight grams of coffee (as in previous recipes),
one hundred twenty milliliters of water,
twenty five grams of sugar,
one hundred milliliters of baked milk
eighty-five milliliters of milk for foam.

Pour eighty-five milliliters of milk into the Turk and place it in the oven, preheated to one hundred and sixty degrees. As the foam appears, remove it. After removing three foams, turn off the oven. Now we prepare coffee from coffee and milk.

You can, of course, use a coffee maker or machine, but remember that coffee made in a Turkish coffee machine will always be better. We have already explained why. A drink prepared in a Turk must be strained, otherwise an unpleasant sediment will form.

Heat the baked milk, mix it with coffee, add sugar, and bring to a boil. Pour the drink into a preheated cup. All that remains is to decorate it with foam.

Warsaw coffee with cream

Ingredients:

a quarter cup of cream,
eighty-five milliliters of baked milk,
one hundred milliliters of cool water,
two teaspoons of coffee (natural and medium grind, of course),
one teaspoon of sugar,
half a teaspoon of vanilla sugar.

Brew the drink. Pour the powder into a pot, fill it with cold water, and put it on the fire. Bring almost to a boil. Strain and re-pour into the Turk. We do two more boils. Before the last, third boiling of the drink, add milk, cream, sugar and vanilla sugar.

Coffee can be not only tasty, but also healthy. A striking example is coffee with cardamom, which contains beneficial elements and has a beneficial effect on health.

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Warsaw coffee with milk

To make Warsaw-style coffee with milk you will need the following products:

8 g ground beans;
250 ml milk;
20 g granulated sugar;
a pinch of vanilla sugar;
10 g chocolate.

Step-by-step instruction:

Pour the dairy product into the pot and heat to 60 degrees.
Add vanilla sugar, ground coffee beans and granulated sugar.
Mix all ingredients.
Place the container on the stove and set it aside when it starts to boil.
Let the liquid sit for a couple of minutes.
Bring the drink to a boil twice more, setting aside for a few minutes.
Give the liquid time to cool slightly and then whisk it until foam appears on the surface and pour the resulting mass into a cup.
Place the chocolate in a spoon and hold it over the steam until it melts.
Pour the melted chocolate into the cup, but do not stir. It acts as a decoration.

Description of preparation:

The coffee march across Europe began in the mid-17th century.
The first coffee shop appeared in Venice, then the British became coffee gourmets. Then this noble drink came to Italy, at the end of the century to Austria and finally, at the beginning of the 18th century, it reached Poland. The gentry accepted the newfangled ritual with pleasure. However, the gentleman did not particularly like the bitter taste. The chefs of the nobles cleverly figured out, in their opinion, the shortcomings of the new drink and made it soft and tender and especially tasty. This recipe was kept secret for a long time. Now Kava sour cream, which is exactly what its original name sounds like, has become public property. Watch how to make coffee the Warsaw style. Purpose: For breakfast / Afternoon snack Main ingredient: Dairy products / Milk Dish: Drinks / Coffee Geography of cuisine: Polish / European

Recipe option with baked milk

The following ingredients are used in the preparation process:

8 g ground coffee beans;
60 ml baked milk;
60 ml water.

You just need to follow a few simple steps:

Brew ground grains in a Turk using the classic method.
Strain the resulting drink.
In a separate container, heat the baked milk to 60-70 degrees and immediately pour it into the cup.
Slowly pour a little cooled coffee on top.

Manufacturing Features

A coffee drink that has almost three centuries of history cannot but have manufacturing peculiarities. The barista's advice will help you make Warsaw-style coffee exactly the way it should be.

Only natural coffee is suitable for making the drink; replacing it with instant coffee is unacceptable. After all, natural coffee, especially if it is stored as beans and crushed just before production, has a rich aroma, much more catchy than its instant counterpart.
The quality of the coffee beans matters. There are no serious requirements for choosing a type of coffee, but it is very important that it is not spoiled, moldy, or stale. It is necessary to store coffee beans correctly, according to the instructions on the package, otherwise there will be no one to complain about.
To brew Warsaw-style coffee, it is advisable to use medium-ground coffee, because it is filtered before serving. Finely ground coffee may remain in the drink, spoiling the enjoyment of its consumption.
In the original, Warsaw-style coffee requires baked milk. It is often replaced with ordinary coffee, but still, in this case, the finished coffee drink loses some notes characteristic of true Warsaw-style coffee.
When making coffee, it is recommended to use hot but not boiling water and milk. If you pour boiling liquid over coffee and bring it back to a boil, the coffee will not have time to fully reveal its characteristics. In addition, when milk boils, foam appears, which should not accidentally get into the drink, even in this case, if you have chosen a coffee recipe with foam.
It is recommended to pour Warsaw-style coffee into heated cups in a narrow stream. The thinner it is, the thicker the warm foam that forms on the surface will be.
It is not recommended to use cinnamon to decorate Warsaw-style coffee. It is recommended to give preference to cocoa powder, chocolate chips or melted chocolate.

They serve Warsaw-style coffee without sugar, because it is already sweet. The cup is placed on the saucer so that its handle is to the right of the guest, because he does not have to add sugar and stir the drink. You can put chocolate cookies or profiteroles on the table.

Warsaw style coffee with foam

This recipe is a little different from the traditional one. When using it you will need:

10 g crushed grains;
100 ml water;
15 g granulated sugar;
75 ml milk;
100 ml of baked milk product.

You need to perform the following manipulations:

Pour the milk into a heat-resistant container and place it in the preheated oven.
Wait for the foam to appear and remove it. Repeat these steps three times.
Pour coffee powder, sugar and water into the cezve.
Brew espresso and strain it immediately.
Warm the baked milk a little and pour into a cup.
Immediately after this, pour the espresso into it.
Decorate the surface with foam prepared in the oven.

INGREDIENTS

Coffee 1 teaspoon
Baked milk 1 Cup
Vanilla sugar 1 pinch
Sweet sand To taste
Cocoa 1 pinch
Chocolate chips 1 pinch
Almond petals To taste

1. Take a Turk, pour baked milk into it and heat it over low heat. Remove the Turk with heated milk and add ground coffee to it. Stir gently.

2. Add vanilla sugar and return to the stove again. Heat over low heat until boiling and remove the Turk. Repeat this action several times. When the foam rises for the 3rd time, the Warsaw style coffee is ready.

3. Warm up a wide cup and pour the coffee. Sprinkle it with cocoa powder and chocolate chips, garnish with an almond petal. Now you understand how to make coffee the Warsaw style. Bon appetit.

Warsaw style coffee.

There are so many recipes for coffee drinks in the world that it’s hard not to find one that suits everyone’s taste. Those who love strong coffee, but do not like its rich, bitter taste, will almost certainly like Warsaw-style coffee. They started brewing and drinking coffee in Poland already in the early 18th century, but the gentle ladies and gentlemen found the ordinary drink very harsh and bitter. They found a method to soften it without changing the ratio of coffee and water. Now Warsaw-style coffee is the hallmark of almost any Polish cafe. But you can prepare the drink at home, using the recipe and advice from a professional barista. With all this, it is worth considering that the Warsaw coffee recipe has a history of more than two centuries. During this period of time, it could not help but change completely, so today there are several variants of it, the main ones of which will be given in this material.

Brewing coffee in a French press is a technology that even a schoolchild can master.

For those who don't like to bother, it's worth making coffee using a French press. The brewing technology in this case is extremely simple: grind the coffee beans (even coarse grinding will do) - pour them into a French press with the addition of spices to taste (coffee is added to give the drink a watery consistency, to add bitterness - remove it) - pour boiling water over everything. Note: if the coffee grind is too fine, a dangerous splash may occur when the planger is pressed.

Of all the coffee brewing technologies we are considering, the drink prepared using a French press has the lowest density and the highest acidity. Costa Rica, Decaf, and Ethiopia Yirgacheff varieties are perfect for this method. However, it all depends on you! Some people manage to use the Uganda Robusta variety to prepare a coffee drink in a French press.

Unfortunately, all French presses have a major drawback. If it is not used for a long time, a persistent smell of old coffee will be noted inside the device, which will subsequently be transferred to the drink prepared in it. In addition, the French press, like a sponge, absorbs a variety of aromatic additives.

Coffee as medicine

The extraordinary properties of coffee are remembered in the ancient legend about Sheikh Omar, a doctor and priest who lived as a hermit in a cave. According to legend, the sheikh treated the sick who came to him with this miraculous decoction of the fruits of the coffee tree.

Even before 1000 AD. The Arab physician and alchemist Rhazes in his writings described the medicinal properties of the drink “binchum” - i.e. coffee. At that time in the East it was believed that coffee accelerates thought, cheers the heart, treats eye diseases, and is an excellent remedy for gout, dropsy and scurvy. "Kawa" in Arabic means "to be strong", "active", "to strengthen".

Despite the fact that many famous legends and stories about coffee say that this drink was used in ancient times to treat various diseases, at present there is no exact data whether coffee was originally used as a drink or as a medicine. However, the wonderful properties of coffee fruits were noticed by scientists, doctors and chefs, thanks to whom we now enjoy this wonderful drink.