Question
When I visited Israel I became a big fan of something they called "cafe botz" or mud coffee. It tasted real good, and you sort of poured warm water over it, stirred and waited for all the coffee material to sediment, I gues that is why its called botz in herbrew. It was marketed in the shops as "Turkish Coffee". I havent been able to get it in the Unites States. Where can I get, preferably online, good quality of this Turkish coffe.
Answer
Turkish coffee is simply a very, very fine grind - basically ground into a powder - prepared by boiling it and subsequently waiting for sedimentation, more or less as you describe in the question.
There is no particular kind of coffee you need for it - any will do.
Just buy whole coffee beans in any coffee shop or bulk food store and ask for a very fine (Turkish) grind. Most burr grinders can handle this; as Michael says, you can also buy your own burr grinder or use a specialized Turkish grinder. Either one will tend to run you around $100.
(Note that you probably won't be able to get the right grind with the majority of blade grinders. They're just too imprecise.)
Commenter Martha also points out that many coffees marketed as Turkish coffee will also contain a certain amount of cardamom or cloves, which is confirmed by several internet sources. Some also contain cloves. If you try it with pure coffee and it doesn't taste right, try adding a small amount.
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