What is the DEMMEX 12-piece set?
Everything needed to make and serve Turkish coffee for two, in one box.
DEMMEX publishes twelve pieces: a tray, two coffee cups, two saucers, two cup holders, two lids, a sugar bowl with its own lid, and a copper coffee pot. The pot is 1mm thick solid copper, tin-lined, handmade, with a wooden handle. The cups are 2 fl oz each and the tray is 10 inches. It is made in Turkey and is hand wash only.
Turkish coffee is a service, not just a brew
The cups, the lids and the tray are not decoration, and that is the argument for buying a set.
A cezve on its own makes the coffee. What it does not do is serve it the way the drink is actually served: in small handled cups with the grounds allowed to settle, with a lid to hold the heat while they do, alongside water and something sweet, carried on a tray.
The 2 fl oz cup size is the specification that shows this is a real set rather than a themed one. Turkish coffee is served in cups of roughly that size, and pouring it into a mug means the grounds never settle into a bed at the bottom and you drink them.
The lids matter for the same reason. After pouring, the cup stands for a minute or two while the grounds sink. A lid keeps the coffee hot through that wait, which is the difference between the drink as intended and a cooling cup of gritty coffee.
The pot is the part to judge, and it is properly made
1mm solid copper, tin-lined, handmade. Those are the specifications that matter on a cezve.
Copper conducts heat faster and more evenly than steel, which is why traditional cezves are made of it: Turkish coffee is a slow climb to just below boiling, and a pot that heats unevenly scorches the grounds on one side.
Tin lining is the part people miss. Bare copper reacts with acidic liquids, so a copper vessel used for coffee needs an inert lining, and tin is the traditional one. It also wears: tin linings need re-tinning eventually, which is normal and worth knowing.
1mm is a genuine thickness for a handmade pot. Thinner copper heats too fast to control, which is the usual failing of decorative cezves sold as functional ones.
What the tray is made of, and why it is worth saying
Zamak, which is a zinc alloy, not copper.
The set photographs as an all-copper service. The pot is solid copper; the tray is Zamak, a zinc-aluminium casting alloy, finished to match.
That is not a fault: a tray carries things and never touches coffee or heat, so the material is a cosmetic and cost decision rather than a functional one. It is worth stating because "copper set" reads as copper throughout, and the maker is clear about it while the photographs are not.
This site has archived other Turkish products for exactly this material question, where a zinc body was sold as a cezve and the stainless part was only "for serving". Here it is the reverse and the honest way round: the part that brews is the copper one.
DEMMEX set vs buying a cezve alone
The set costs more than a pot and less than a pot plus cups bought separately.
A good standalone cezve is the cheaper purchase and the right one if you already have small cups, or if you drink Turkish coffee alone and pour it into whatever is nearest.
The set is the better buy as a gift, or for somebody starting from nothing who wants the drink served as it should be. Buying a matching tray, four cups with holders, lids and a sugar bowl separately costs considerably more than the difference.
Is it worth it?
Worth it as a gift or a complete start. Not the way to buy a cezve.
Twelve pieces, a properly made copper pot and Turkish manufacture make it a genuine service rather than a souvenir. For anybody buying a present for someone who likes Turkish coffee, very little else here does the whole job.
Two things to know. It serves two, so it is not for entertaining a table. And the seller does not agree with itself on the pot's capacity: the spec table says 7 fl oz and its own bullet says 8 fl oz. Neither is large, and either way it is a two-cup pot.
DEMMEX publishes no weight, no warranty term and no wall thickness for anything but the pot, and states hand wash only for the whole set.
Who should buy it (and who should not)
Buy it as a present, or to start properly.
It suits a gift for someone who has drunk Turkish coffee abroad and come home without the equipment, and anybody who wants the service rather than just the brew.
Do not buy it to serve more than two. Do not buy it if you only want a pot, where a standalone cezve is much cheaper. And do not put any of it in a dishwasher: copper, tin lining and Zamak all object.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many people does the DEMMEX set serve?
Two. It has two cups, two saucers, two holders and two lids.
Is the whole set copper?
No. The pot is 1mm solid copper, tin-lined. The tray is Zamak, a zinc alloy finished to match.
How big is the coffee pot?
The bullets say 8 fl oz and the spec table says 7. The seller contradicts itself; either way it is a two-cup pot.
Can it go in the dishwasher?
No. DEMMEX specifies hand wash.
Why are the cups so small?
Turkish coffee is served in roughly 2 fl oz cups so the grounds settle into a bed at the bottom. A mug defeats that.
