# Turkish coffee pot size

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**Created:** [July 18, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-coffee-pot-size/837260 "2019-07-18T16:23:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-coffee-pot-size/837260/1 "2019-07-18T16:23:53Z")

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I have a little Turkish-style coffee pot (small with a long handle). It is made from 18-8 stainless steel. The handle is stamped “4”. 4 what? Cups? It holds about 9 cl.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-coffee-pot-size/837260/2 "2019-07-18T16:35:30Z")

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Possibly. Google says that four US cups is 0.946353 liters.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-coffee-pot-size/837260/3 "2019-07-18T16:44:01Z")

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Yet 9 cl = 0.09 liters exactly.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-coffee-pot-size/837260/4 "2019-07-18T16:55:22Z")

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The closest seems like it could be 4 ounces or similarly sized measure. Is there a standard for Turkish coffee? I have absolutely no idea in which country the pot was manufactured.

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkish-coffee-pot-size/837260/5 "2019-07-18T19:15:31Z")

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> [@DPRK](#):
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> The closest seems like it could be 4 ounces or similarly sized measure. Is there a standard for Turkish coffee? I have absolutely no idea in which country the pot was manufactured.

I had an ibrik [Turkish coffee pot] set, the ibrik, a tray and 4 glass in holders - each glass was about 4 oz. [This is copper](https://www.fairturk.com/shop/turkish-coffee-set-for-one-person-with-glass-3/), mine was silver, and glass cups and a large round tray, and the metal work was similar on the ibrik and the cup holders.