All About Turkish Coffee
I mentioned cafes are really important for Turkish culture. It is because Turkish people have endless love for coffee and tea. We have plenty of different coffees and teas. However, there is two traditional drinks we have that has worldwide knowledge. Today, I will be explaining all I know and searched information about coffee.
600 Years History of Endless Love
First of all, we can not say that coffee is found in Turkey but it got famous from Turkey because of the special way of drinking coffee. For instance, we have learned filter coffee from Americans but Turkish coffee is unfiltered coffee.
Coffee itself found in Ethiopia. From there to Istanbul and to whole Europe.
The first name of the coffee is “Şazili” then Yemenis called it "Kahwa". First goats ate coffee and when people see that goats become more energy they started to make coffee. However, the coffee which has the same form as we drink is found by Yemenis.
In 1669, Suleyman Aga went to Paris and he introduced the coffee to French people.
According to one document from Paris National Library, coffee is found by Yemenis in 1450. There are so many different years and myths about coffee. However, we are so happy to have coffee at the end.
Turkish Coffee
UNESCO confirmed Turkish coffee is an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Turkey.
Since you are in Turkey, you wanna taste the real Turkish Coffee. Even though there are so many different cafes serve different coffee, the Turkish coffee always serves with Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi.
You may not find time to go to cafe to drink Turkish coffee. So, I would like to share some information about how you could find and buy Turkish coffee in Istanbul and of course, some details about how it should be served.
Since you will be visiting cultural places, there is one place that you shouldn't forget to visit, Eminönü.
You can find the best Turkish delight and the coffee at the same time!
To find different variety of Turkish delight, Mısır Çarşısı is the best location. Even though it is known as Spice Bazaar, they are also selling Turkish delight.
As you can see from the picture, Mısır Çarşısı is so crowded most of the time because it is really a touristic place. So, I need to warn you in case of pickpocket.
There is one more thing I need to warn, please do not eat too much Turkish delight. Go to fitness center in university afterwards!
Enjoy!
