Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatrı vardır
Have you ever heard about Turkish coffee or have you had chance to try it? How was the taste? Quite different from the taste of instant coffees, right?
Oh, i can hear some of you can’t answer because you haven’t tried yet. Oh, are some of you saying that you even haven’t heard about it? That’s alright, ain’t gonna blame you but here is an offer. Would you like to read some about Turkish coffee?
If yes, here our text starts for the Turkish coffee lovers, the ones who wants to try, the ones who just heard it’s name, briefly for everyone who wants to read.
Soooo, i start with a brief historical information. The coffee has reached to middle east & Turkey(it was Ottoman at that time) in 16th century. Sounds like not that much old,huh? But listen this, even tomato has reached to that area in the 18th century. Coffee is older than tomato for our culture.
Even in a proverb which is about friendship, coffee is mentioned. Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatrı vardır *
Then, what makes Turkish coffee that much special?
First ,preparing turkish coffee is different from other coffees. Coffee powder does not dissolve after being stired with boiled water, not like instant coffee. Also coffee powder is not removed after preparing the coffee, yeah, coffee powder remains in cup while serving it. This part is surprising people who are trying Turkish coffee for first time.
For second, there are different types of fortune telling in different cultures and there is coffee fortune culture in Turkey. After finishing your coffee, cover your cup, flip-flop it, wait and then let the coffee powder to show some signs about your life. If you want to see how coffee fortune telling is made, here is a video about it:Youtube
Another, there is a culture of meeting of couple’s parents to each other and asking for permission to get married.(nowadays it is more like perfunctory event, people usually know each other before this meeting). In this special meeting, future bridegroom’s parents ask to future bride’s parents to let young couple to get married. And in this meeting, Turkis coffee is made and served by the future bride.
Etc, etc..
Coming to the end of my words.This is my most brief way to introduce Turkish coffee.
Hope you enjoyed ^^
And don’t forget to try it at your Turkey trip~
References:
https://www.kulturportali.gov.tr/portal/turkkahvesi
http://www.turkishculture.org/literature/literature-473.htm
Photos: Photos are found by search on Google and choosen among free photos on there