ibrik
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The coffee is ground to a powder, boiled in an ibrik with the addition of sugar, and served frothing in small cups.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
The servant meantime had provided tiny cups, a little copper ibrik and an alcohol lamp over which simmered a vessel of boiling water.
From The Pagans by Bates, Arlo
From the first simple uncovered ibrik there was developed, about the middle of the seventeenth century, a larger-size covered coffee boiler, the forerunner of the modern combination brewing and serving pot.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
"Coffee should be prepared only over coals of perfumed wood," Helen remarked as she measured into the ibrik the small spoonful of coffee dust designed for a single cup.
From The Pagans by Bates, Arlo
His palace is crowded with male and female servants, slaves, eunuchs, and young boys, who continually wait upon him, and carry after him the inevitable "ibrik."
From Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 by Wingate, F. R.
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