Okka Brooklyn

Turkish coffee beside Devoción espresso

Two coffee traditions share one counter here. Turkish coffee is made the traditional way, finely ground coffee simmered with water in a cezve, sugar decided before it goes on the heat, poured out unfiltered with foam on top. Next to it runs a modern espresso bar built on Devoción beans, so a cortado and a Turkish coffee come off the same short list. Matcha covers the tea side and is prominent enough to count as a third lane rather than a concession to passing trade.

The family that runs the shop keeps the range tight, which is what makes the pairing legible: one traditional order, one specialty-café order, one lighter one. Nothing on the board is elaborate, and the point is that both coffees are made properly rather than one being an ornament attached to the other, which is rarer than it sounds in a shop this size.

A Greenpoint room, sized small

The shop is compact and residential in feel, which suits the pace of the neighbourhood, and the small footprint is the reason the menu stays with a few signatures instead of spreading thin. Being family-owned separates it from the chain formats and explains why Turkish flavours carry as much weight here as espresso culture does.

Most specialty cafés lean entirely into espresso, and most Turkish cafés centre traditional coffee and sweets. Okka works both lanes at once, which gives it several uses across a day: a focused break, a routine coffee stop, a lighter drink, or dessert since ice cream joined the case in the summer of 2023.

What to order

Start with the Turkish coffee, since it is the thing this counter does that most of the neighbourhood does not. Pair it with baklava, the pastry closest to the shop's Turkish side, layered phyllo with chopped nuts and syrup, which stands up to a thick unfiltered cup instead of disappearing next to it.

If you want the familiar route instead, take an espresso drink made with Devoción and add Turkish pastries from the case. Matcha is the third path and works when coffee is not what the afternoon needs. Ice cream is the order once the visit has turned into dessert. Keep it direct: Turkish coffee with baklava, Devoción espresso with pastry, or matcha and ice cream on the way home.