Have a cup of Turkish coffee and remember your friendship for 40 years

In Turkey, when a married girl meets a suitor, if the woman is willing to marry her, she will add sugar to her coffee, if not, she will add salt, and the man will drink the coffee if she really wants to marry her.

Turks love coffee, so they don't want other countries to get coffee beans, so they boil beans in boiling water to prevent them from sprouting before they are exported. In this way, Turkey maintained the monopoly of coffee beans for a long time. To this day, Turks still love coffee, no matter men or women, coffee is equally important to them, and the traditional way of making Turkish coffee remains to this day.

There is a Turkish proverb called "drink a cup of Turkish coffee and remember your friendship for forty years." It can be seen that the strong aroma and heavy history and culture of Turkish coffee are worthy of people's aftertaste and tracing. Turkish coffee, also known as Arabica coffee, is the ancestor of European coffee, which has a history of 700 to 800 years. Coffee was introduced into Turkey in the 16th century and began to be commercialized. Due to Turkey's geographical location across Europe and Asia, coffee quickly spread to the European continent.

In Turkey, it is extremely noble to make a cup of traditional local coffee for guests from afar, which represents the most sincere respect of the host. Cafes can be seen everywhere in the streets of Turkey. Turks like to chat in teahouses and cafes, and the strong smell of native coffee is already fragrant before they get close to the door. Turkish coffee has been integrated into the lives of Turks since centuries ago and has been passed on to this day. It can be said that it is one of the symbols of Turkey.

In addition, Turkish coffee not only has a long history, but also retains the traditional Ottoman culture in terms of craftsmanship. Not only the fine grinding technology, the addition of a wide variety of spices, even the coffee brewing utensils also represent the inheritance of a culture. From the taste point of view, Turkish coffee compared with other coffee, the taste is relatively special, without any partner or milk, coffee grounds are not filtered out, mainly bitter taste. Therefore, Turks often drink coffee with a cup of ice water, first drink ice water, and then taste a mouthful of coffee, you can experience the unique feeling of native coffee.

Another major feature of Turkish coffee culture is coffee fortune-telling. After drinking coffee, according to the shape of the coffee grounds deposited at the bottom of the cup, you can predict the luck of the day, adding a touch of mysterious exoticism while drinking coffee.