The culture of coffee Turks use coffee to do divination

Turkish coffee is famous for its peculiar taste, which comes from the peculiar method of coffee brewing. Its taste is recognized as the most "original" taste of coffee, and it is a long-standing taste. This is a real way to "make" coffee. It grinds roasted coffee beans into powder and is brewed directly with water in a special Turkish pot without filtering, which is why Turkish coffee tastes stronger than other coffees. Because of this, when you finish your strong coffee, you will find a thick, soft layer of coffee residue at the bottom of the cup.

Coffee has long been a social culture in Turkey. There is a Turkish proverb,"Drink your cup of Turkish coffee and remember your friendship for forty years." Coffee shares Turkish memories of peace, friendship, love and respect. In Turkey, no matter how small the village, there are coffee shops called kahvehane. The coffee shops on the streets of Turkey are not purely coffee shops, many of which also have game functions, just like chess and card rooms in China. Here men chat over coffee and play the Turkish board game tavla. Especially in Istanbul coffee shops, men smoking hookah can often be seen. For Turkish women, drinking coffee while talking about family affairs is no more leisurely, and all kinds of gossip after divination are enough to kill an afternoon.

Istanbul Cafe has a transparent glass room inside which Turkish specialty coffee divination takes place every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 3 p.m. The visitor finishes his Turkish coffee and hands the cup to the soothsayer. The soothsayer will pour the coffee grounds from your cup onto a plate, wait for the coffee grounds to cool, and make a divination about the future according to the naturally formed patterns on the plate. Each divination takes about 15 minutes.