Have you ever tasted Moroccan spiced coffee? It tastes so good. Just give it a try! It has a rich flavor, smells good, and is customizable to your taste.
Moroccan spiced coffee is a variation of other recipes. It manages to load more flavors than we ever imagined into a single cup of coffee. To brew Moroccan coffee, you’ll need a French press, some robust, dark coffee, and a well-stocked spice cupboard. The recipe itself is rather simple, so getting the ingredients together is more than half the effort.
Although Moroccans are renowned for their wonderful and distinctly calming Moroccan mint tea, they also drink coffee. They like it particularly spiced!
Of course, Morocco is known for other coffee recipes such as nos nos, which some prefer to spell as nous nous, meaning literally in Arabic half half because it is made with half milk and half black coffee, and café cassé, which is sometimes mistakenly spelled by some as cassis, meaning literally broken coffee. But the taste of the spiced coffee is beyond comparison.
Moroccan spiced coffee has a pleasant smell and flavor and is somewhat spicy. If you prefer to drink less intense black coffee, you might discover that this spiced version is rather smooth on your taste buds because the addition of the spices actually reduces the bitterness of the coffee beans!
The complex flavor added by the aromatic spices doesn’t overpower your senses while remaining subtle.
In addition, if you are one of those who get jittery when they sip caffeinated coffee and they simply can’t have it every day, the traditional spiced coffee, however, is a different story. Thanks to the spices’ healthy benefits, you may drink it with fewer caffeine effects.
Here are some health benefits of spiced coffee ingredients: cinnamon regulates blood sugar levels, ginger has anti-inflammatory properties, pepper helps you absorb those nutrients better, and nutmeg relieves pain and soothes indigestion.
Thanks to all these positive effects, you can have your spiced cup of coffee and get super focused without becoming jittery and the taste is so good.
Similar to other spiced coffee recipes, our recommendations are only a place to start. Moroccan coffee has a lot of possibilities for personalization and modification and doesn’t have strict rules. We’ll start by providing you with a classic recipe before offering suggestions on how you can make it your own at the end.
This post provides instructions on making Moroccan spiced coffee with 6 different spices.
Let’s get going!
The traditional Moroccan spiced coffee recipe with six spices
Moroccan spiced coffee with six spices
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Use the grinder to grind the coffee beans and the spices.
- For two cups of coffee, put two tablespoons of coarse coffee.
- Add Half a teaspoon of aniseed.
- Add Half a teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Add the tip of the teaspoon of black pepper.
- Add a little bit of ginger and clove.
- Mix everything
- Add an amount of hot water for two people.
- Decant into a French press and let it rest for 4 minutes.
- Press the plunger and serve.
- Enjoy the flavor!
Notes
- The Moroccan spiced coffee has a distinctive taste and flavor, perfect for those who prefer less intense black coffee.
- If you like your coffee with milk, you may add the amount of milk you want.
- Very much like Moroccan mint tea, you may add sugar to the spiced coffee.
- You may grind the coffee and the spices together using the coffee grinder (see the variations of the recipe described below.)
Variations of the Moroccan spiced coffee
The best thing about the Moroccan spiced coffee recipe is that it is flexible.
- For example, as described in the above recipe, simply add a few pre-ground spices to the saucepan along with the ground beans if you don’t have enough time.
- However, you might prefer adding whole spices and grinding them with your whole beans if you’re naturally vivacious and have enough time. The drink will become more fragrant and aromatic as a result. But there is a caveat. Your bean grinder will probably retain those aromas and may infuse them into your subsequent batches.
- Additionally, you may add or remove spices. For example, some add nutmeg and cardamom or remove ginger. Others may reduce or increase the amount of pepper or clove. Whatever modification you make, the Moroccan spice coffee will have the distinguishable smell that is famous for.
- Finally, in Morocco traditionally spiced coffee is drank black with tons of sugar. If you have already drank Moroccan mint tea, you know how much sugar Moroccans put in their drinks.
Conclusion
Dark coffee and warm spices are fragrantly combined to create Moroccan spiced coffee. Moroccan spiced coffee is quite common in Morocco, but many tourists miss out on the experience because it is usually made at home and is rarely sold in street cafes. Even though spiced coffee has an entirely different flavor from regular coffee, it nevertheless has the same warm, pleasant aroma.
Moroccan spiced coffee is one of my favorite types of coffee since it can be easily incorporated into a daily routine while still seeming exotic and a little bit luxurious.
The recipe listed above can be used as a guide, but you should modify it to suit your tastes. As far as I am concerned, I’d rather reduce the ginger and increase the fennel and black pepper. Adding a small amount of sesame seeds or cardamom is another option.
Finding the perfect spiced coffee recipe may need some tinkering. You might like a stronger or weaker brew, as well as more or less spice. Sometimes, I add hot milk to my coffee, but when I make Moroccan spiced coffee, I omit the milk and instead toss in some sugar.