Turkish Coffee with Mastic 100g — Kocatepe Damla Sakızı Ground Coffee

Turkish coffee with mastic is finely ground coffee scented with damla sakızı — the aromatic resin of the mastic tree — for a cup that smells of soft pine and fresh herbs over a deep, dark coffee base. This is the Kocatepe "Damla Sakızlı Türk Kahvesi", a 100g tin of stone-milled grounds made from 100% Arabica beans, naturally roasted and then blended with mastic aroma so every cup carries that distinctive, faintly sweet resin note Turkish coffee lovers look for. Kocatepe has roasted coffee since 1949, beginning as a dry-coffee shop (kuru kahveci) founded by Nurettin Kocatepe in Ankara. The beans for this blend are selected from Colombia and Rio Minas origins, roasted in-house, and ground extra-fine in stone mills — the powder-fine grind that lets Turkish coffee brew thick in a cezve and settle to a quiet layer at the bottom of the cup. What mastic adds: damla sakızı comes from the mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus), long associated with the island of Chios. Its resin gives a clean, woody-herbal, pine-and-cedar aroma with a faint sweetness. Against the bitterness of dark Turkish coffee it reads as bright and refreshing rather than heavy — a flavor that is hard to find outside Turkish and eastern Mediterranean coffee houses. How to brew it in a cezve: - Measure about 2 teaspoons of coffee per small cup into the cezve. - Pour in cold water — one coffee cup of water per serving. - Add sugar now if you want it, and stir everything well before the heat goes on. - Place on low heat and do not stir again. Let the foam build slowly. - As it reaches the point of rising, take it off, share the foam between the cups, then return briefly to finish. Serve in small cups with a glass of water on the side, and a piece of lokum or chocolate if you like. The grounds are meant to settle — sip slowly and stop before the bottom. This is a single 100g tin that keeps the grounds fresh and looks at home on a kitchen shelf or coffee tray. Ground coffee only — a cezve and cups are not included. It is a familiar daily ritual with a twist, an easy way to bring a Turkish coffee-house aroma into the kitchen, and a thoughtful gift for anyone who already loves traditional Turkish coffee.