Il-Kcina / The Kitchen

Mitħna tal-kafe&#; / Coffee grinder

Mitħna tal-kafe’ / Coffee grinder

Il-mitħna tal-kafe’ kienet tintuża’ minn ħafna familji, fejn kien hemm l-użanza li kienu jinkaljaw il-kafe’ fuq in-nar imqabbad b’xi friegħi nexfin u l-kafe’ kien jisajjar ġewwa romblu tal-ħadid li bid-duħħan tan-nar kien isewwed il-ħadid. Il-nar kien jitkebbes f’xi kenur tal-ġebel.

The coffee grinder was used by many families, who also had the custom of roasting the coffee beans on a fire started with some dry twigs. The coffee would be cooked inside a metal container that would be blackened by the fire. The fire would be started in a type of stone stove called ‘kenur’.