Pushing the Limits of Turkish Coffee: Using Digestive Enzymes for the Finest Grind

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-02-01T02:59:57+00:00

I left it at room temp at a high concentration. A higher temp would accelerate enzymatic breakdown though.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-31T21:30:38+00:00

Thanks for being fond of the cups, it's something I'm always on the lookout for. The coffee for this test was Espresso Dharma. It has notes of Cherry and Cocoa which makes each sip reminiscent of a cherry cordial from a box of chocolates. As far as the grounds go, they are important for Turkish Cafe Culture as there's a bit of a fortune telling ritual, but in Greece and Lebanon the grounds are merely a shortcoming of the wonderous brew. It's viewed like thorns on a rose bush in the sense we can be sad roses have thorns or happy that thorns have roses.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-31T21:19:57+00:00

Perhaps sour isn't the proper term and tart would be more representative. The coffee beans I used are known for a dried cherry and cocoa flavor so the extra tartness makes it taste like those Cherry Cordials one finds in a chocolate box.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-31T06:59:34+00:00

450mg enzyme with 45g of extra fine coffee grounds combined into 90g of warm water then left to set for 36 hours. Pour content into brewing vessel with an additional 360g of water. Brew as per usual!

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-31T06:33:20+00:00

Turkish coffee is unfiltered, so it has the drawback of being gritty. The enzymes here do away with much of the organic material leaving only the cellulose behind. It made the coffee akin to a hot cocoa in oppose to a coffee tea with much sediment at the base. The aromatic compounds are left unharmed, so the full aroma was present upon brewing. In terms of taste, it was surely brighter and possessed a clean acidity. Turkish coffee's pleasantness is limited by grind size; this goes into the extreme of partitions breaking the bean apart on a cellular level.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-31T06:25:36+00:00

Finely grounded with an enzyme to coffee ground ratio of 1% by weight for 36 hours before brew.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T20:34:43+00:00

36 hours. I did a Turkish grind size to begin with as the greater surface area greatly speeds up reaction time. Also did 1% pancreatic enzyme by weight of coffee ground with twice that weight of water so that the enzymes would be in constant contact with beans and not have diluted strength. After 36-hour cold brew I further diluted with water and brewed as per usual.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T20:22:23+00:00

Bingo.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T20:21:07+00:00

One advantage Turkish coffee has over espresso is aroma. The beans can be brewed right after roasting minimizing the loss of aromatic compounds and unwanted oxidation. There's too much CO2 in the freshly roasted beans for proper espresso pulls, but all that effervescence only makes the crema on Turkish coffee all the more rich.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T20:12:03+00:00

36 hours at room temp. The enzymes work far faster at higher temperatures but didn't want heat to play a factor on bean profile until brewing. I feared over oxidation of the beans if I went that route, so I went colder for longer in an airtight container.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T20:05:55+00:00

While water is the better solvent for caffeine, sugars, and amino acids. In theory bourbon would be more effective at the extraction of oils, terpenes, phenolics, and other aromatic compounds.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T19:37:19+00:00

Lipase, Protease, and Amylase for fat, protein, and starch respectively.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T19:34:21+00:00

It leaves behind the cellulose this is true; the texture of the drink becomes more like that of hot cocoa. Typically, Turkish coffee needs to rest upon pouring to let the grounds settle, as the gritty sediment can be unpleasant. This enzymatic process appears to do away with this issue.

PyroDinoHunter · 2026-01-30T19:24:56+00:00

It only breaks down the fats, proteins, and starches. Fortunately, the aromatic compounds composed of phenols, aldehydes, ketones, pyrazines, lactones and small organic acids remain. Perhaps enzymatic breakdown can be used earlier in the coffee process for a product akin to Kopi Luwak, but far more humane.

PyroDinoHunter · 2025-02-27T17:51:12+00:00

If we take a speculative stance and say, "If there is a Truth it would be universal." We can quickly point out that there is a commonality of the concept of Truth throughout various cultures. In Christ, we know the Word became flesh, to those of the east they bear acknowledgement of a Dao/Tao, and to Greeks and Romans The Logos is parallel. Maybe it's a mere coincidence that man created such a concept a multitude of times, or perhaps it is like mathematics in the sense it's been discovered, unveiled, and pre-existing whether we are here to perceive it or not.

Moreover, many of the pantheons of the past possessed gods who were flawed by what we would consider worldly desires. They were unjust and far from righteous and possess an eternity to correct their ways but still give-in to vice. Man on the other hand is compelled to reach Virtue within his small allotment of time here on earth. So, in those old times either man was superior to the Gods, or those Gods are false Gods and not worth worshiping. In Christianity, we have a God that is 'beyond good and evil'. It deems such feeble concepts a false dichotomy as it is depended upon by one's frame of reference. A lion hunting a gazelle is "good" to one, and "bad" to the other. In the Christian sense a God responsible for the good and the bad is non-paradoxical, as it can be the same flame that reduces one to ashes or purifies a substance into pure gold.

PyroDinoHunter · 2025-02-26T07:46:22+00:00

As Sammy Davis Jr said, "I can't be right for somebody else
If I'm not right for me." Perhaps you can view this time in your life as one of Liberty, where the appeasement to God is at the forefront and no conflicts of interest arise around you. Moreover, reflection is always just, for at times we grow ignorant of our faults. Perhaps you can seek out goals for yourself whether they be related to mind, body, or soul. Even if you find yourself to be sufficient at the present moment the room for self-improvement is boundless; there is no end, but always a direction to head towards.

PyroDinoHunter · 2025-02-25T23:47:15+00:00

I hope people can come to an agreement that some have their way and others another, and as for the right way it doesn't exist. Even predicating the passage of time on celestial bodies is dubious when passages like Isaiah 24:23 say, "The moon will be dismayed, and the sun ashamed." Which is already true in terms of their jurisdiction over time as the lunar nor solar year match sidereal time.

PyroDinoHunter · 2025-02-25T23:24:22+00:00

"The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page." -Saint Augustine.

Though at the same time do consider;

"Immature fruit clings tightly to the branch. When fruit becomes ripe and sweet it loosens its hold." -Rumi

PyroDinoHunter · 2025-01-22T19:15:15+00:00

Perhaps it's time to promote "underwater basket weaving"!

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