The roasters writing the coffee scene in Gaziantep: who they are, where they source from and where to drink it.
The roasters writing the coffee scene in Gaziantep. who they are, where they source from, and where to drink the result.
Tahmis Kahvesi has roasted and ground coffee beside the Gaziantep grain market since 1635, selling menengiç and dibek by the bag as well as the cup.
BeansTürkiye
BrewsTurkish coffee, Menengiç, Whole bean retail
TipBuy the menengiç ground. It is a terebinth paste, not a bean, and it needs no grinder at home.
Kahveci Seddar Bey crushes its beans by mallet in a stone mortar inside the Gümrük Han, then sells the same dibek grind across the counter in Gaziantep.
BeansTürkiye
BrewsDibek, Turkish coffee, Whole bean retail
TipAsk to watch the mortar work. The grind is sold in small bags at the same window.
Kahve Tiryakisi is the Gaziantep branch of a Turkish coffee chain, in Yeditepe near the university, pairing its own roast with a long serpme breakfast.
TipAsk what the chain has on the grinder that week rather than defaulting to Turkish coffee.
Papirüs Cafe grinds its own Turkish coffee inside a Bey Mahallesi mansion in Gaziantep and pours zahter tea from the same courtyard counter.
BeansTürkiye
BrewsTurkish coffee, Herbal infusions
TipZahter tea is thyme, not coffee. Order both and drink the coffee first.
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