# Electric Cezve Source: https://dailyextraction.com/methods/ibrik-electric/ Last updated: 2026-10-19 > An electric Turkish coffee machine heats water and powder-fine coffee in a small pot, like an automatic cezve, and uses sensors to stop as the foam rises, before it boils over. You add cold water, coffee and sugar, press a button and pour. Models such as Arzum's Okka brew in around a minute, and some have a slow mode in the style of coffee cooked on embers. ## At a glance - Ratio: 1:10 (7 g coffee : 70 g water) - Grind: Powder (flour-like) - Water temperature: Machine-controlled, stops before boiling - Category: Boiled & Traditional (Boiled) - Difficulty: Beginner - Origin: Türkiye - Also known as: Turkish coffee machine, electric Turkish coffee maker, electric ibrik, automatic cezve ## Steps 1. **Add cold water**: Measure cold water into the pot with the cup, one cup per person, or to the machine's markings. 2. **Add coffee and sugar**: Add about 7 g, a heaped teaspoon, of powder-fine Turkish coffee per cup, and sugar to taste. Stir. 3. **Start the machine**: Choose the number of cups or the mode and start it. The machine heats the coffee and stops as the foam rises. 4. **Pour**: Pour into small cups, sharing the foam, or let the machine pour for you if it does, and let the grounds settle. An **electric cezve**, or **Turkish coffee machine**, makes [Turkish coffee](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/turkish-coffee/) at the touch of a button. It heats cold water, powder-fine coffee and sugar in a small pot, just like a cezve on the hob, and uses **sensors** to stop as the foam rises, **before it boils over**. That takes away the hardest part of making Turkish coffee by hand: watching the pot every second. Here's how they work. ## The short version - **An automatic cezve**: a small heated pot with sensors. - **Same ingredients**: cold water, powder-fine coffee and sugar. - **Stops as the foam rises**, so it can't boil over. - **Around a minute** for a normal brew on some machines. - **Consistent**, but with less hands-on control over the foam. ## How does an electric Turkish coffee machine work? 1. **You fill the pot** with cold water, coffee and sugar, just as for a cezve. 2. **A heating element** warms it from below. 3. **Sensors** detect when the coffee is about to foam over, and the machine **stops heating**, often with a sound or light to tell you. 4. **You pour**, or on some models, the machine pours straight into the cup. How each brand's sensor works isn't usually published. Arzum describes an **anti-overflow brewing sensor** on its **Okka** machines. ## What can the Arzum Okka do? Arzum's **Okka** range is one of the best-known. According to Arzum and retailers, models include: - **Anti-overflow sensing** and an audio-visual alert. - **Altitude detection**: Arzum says its system detects "the ideal cooking temperature at your point", so the coffee tastes the same anywhere in the world. - **A slow brewing mode**, which Arzum likens to coffee cooked slowly on low-heat cinders. - **Direct-to-cup** pouring on the original Okka, which Red Dot describes drawing water from its tank, brewing slowly and pouring into the cups, with **three cup sizes**. Arzum gives about **55 seconds** for one cup and about **2 minutes** for two. - **Pot models** such as the **Okka Minio**, which makes **1 to 4 cups**, and the **Minio Duo**, which makes up to **8**. These are the maker's descriptions, so treat them as claims rather than tests. ## How do you use one, step by step? 1. **Measure cold water** with the cup, one per person, or to the markings. 2. **Add about 7 g of powder-fine coffee** per cup, and sugar to taste. Stir. 3. **Start the machine.** 4. **Pour** into small cups, sharing the foam, and let the grounds settle. ![Chart of coffee grind sizes from extra fine to extra coarse, with the powder-fine end highlighted for electric Turkish coffee machines](https://dailyextraction.com/diagrams/grind-size.svg#powder "Use the same powder-fine coffee as for a cezve.") ## Machine vs cezve | | Electric machine | [Cezve on the hob](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/turkish-coffee/) | [On hot sand](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/turkish-coffee-on-sand/) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Boiling over | Prevented by sensors | Up to you | Up to you | | Control | Modes and buttons | Full | Full, very fine | | Time | About a minute on some models | 3–4 minutes | A few minutes | | Skill | None | Some | Most | *General guidance only. Follow the maker's instructions, never immerse the machine's base in water, and take care with hot coffee and the pot.* ## Electric cezve vs other methods - **[Turkish coffee](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/turkish-coffee/):** the full guide to making it in a cezve. - **[Turkish coffee on hot sand](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/turkish-coffee-on-sand/):** the traditional way of heating a cezve. - **[Greek coffee](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/greek-coffee/):** made in a briki, ordered by sweetness. - **[Moka pot](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/moka-pot/):** strong stovetop coffee by steam pressure. Explore every boiled method in the [boiled chapter](https://dailyextraction.com/methods/boiled/). ## FAQs ### How does an electric Turkish coffee machine know when to stop? Machines use sensors to stop heating as the coffee foams, before it boils over. Arzum describes an anti-overflow brewing sensor on its Okka machines; how each brand's sensor works isn't usually published. ### Is machine-made Turkish coffee as good as a cezve? It's very consistent and won't boil over, which is the hardest part of making Turkish coffee by hand. Some people prefer a cezve for control over the foam. Both use the same coffee, water and sugar. ### How long does an electric Turkish coffee machine take? Arzum gives about 55 seconds for one cup and about 2 minutes for two on its original Okka (OK001). Its slow brewing mode takes longer, but Arzum's brochure doesn't give a time for it. ### What coffee do I use? Powder-fine Turkish coffee, the same as for a cezve, about 7 g per cup. ### Do these machines make the foam? Yes. Like a cezve, they heat the coffee slowly enough to build a foam, and stop before it boils, which would destroy it. ## Sources - [Hot beverage preparation](https://arzum.com.tr/hot-beverage-preparation) - [Okka product brochure](https://www.arzum.com.tr/Data/EditorFiles/katalog/Okka_Insert_EN_HiRes-sıkıştırıldı.pdf) - [OK004 OKKA Minio Turkish Coffee Machine](https://www.arzum.com.tr/ok004-okka-minio-turkish-coffee-machine-copper) - [Red Dot Design Award: Arzum OKKA](https://www.red-dot.org/project/arzum-okka-6996)