The Turks use coffee to tell their fortune.

Turkish coffee is famous for its peculiar taste, which comes from the peculiar coffee brewing method. 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 that says,"Drink a 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.

Turkish coffee shops, everyone's a fortuneteller.

Drinking a cup of coffee in Turkey and divining a year's fortune is a habit of almost all Turks. Just as the Chinese like to read horoscopes, the Turks read horoscopes based on the shape of coffee grounds in their cups after drinking coffee. Turkish coffee has thus become the only coffee in the world that can be fortune-telling.

Coffee shops are already very lively in Turkey, and the streets are full of coffee shop signs. Then, the witches and wizards who walk through the coffee shop become another landscape and culture of Turkish coffee shops. In the New Year, their shuttling figures added a little excitement. World coffee fans who understand the principles of Turkish coffee divination also regard Turkish coffee as a holiday coffee that must be drunk in the New Year.

However, the average Turkish rarely asks a fortune-teller for divination, just as the Chinese will probably read a little palm reading, and most Turks can tell one or two about the shape of coffee grounds on the inner wall of coffee. For example, crescent shape, remind you to be modest and cautious, impetuous easy to do bad things; for example, full moon shape, lucky god favor, can confidently set out to the goal. If coffee divination is explained clearly, it needs to write a thick monograph, and so far there is no monograph on coffee divination that can exhaust the principles, techniques and anecdotes of coffee divination.

Steps to Coffee Divination

Step 1

Sip the coffee slowly and place the plate over the coffee cup.

Step 2

Shake the cup and plate slightly, thinking about the problem to be divined, and then carefully turn the cup and plate back.

Step 3

Place the cup and plate on the table and wait for the bottom of the cup to cool.

Step 4

Open the cup carefully, and you can divine the pattern in the cup.

Step 5

Finally, you can also use the water flow on the plate to make a wish divination.

Full moon type: indicates that today is a very lucky day, lucky god will stand firmly on your side, no matter what things as long as you work hard to do, you will be able to succeed.

Half moon type: Today will be a smooth day, able to cooperate with others smoothly, complete the work according to the plan in advance, and make a small fortune if you seize the opportunity today.

March type: There will be some small setbacks in work and life. As long as you adjust your mood and put down the unfavorable things, you can still achieve your goals.

Crescent type: extremely bad day, everything should be careful, remember to calm down, lest impetuous bad things, leading to a hair out of control. Treat everything with a common heart. Patience and modesty can guarantee no problem.

Other types: Nothing is a sign, God knows what will happen, in short, this day is exciting, but as long as the normal heart, there will be no bad things happen.

The meaning of common patterns

An animal or tree with four legs

It usually represents success, such as promotion at work, success in exams, and achievement of fame and position.

Heart-shaped Y

Usually indicates that love comes, if there is a heart in the cup, there is no object of people "that there will be love coming, but there is currently an object, it means that the other party will love you." If there are two hearts in the cup, it means that the heart is imprinted. If the ring is round, it means that the possibility of marriage is quite high.

Appear ring

Usually it means marriage, or in the next three months, there may be someone around, there will be a wedding.

Number or date of occurrence

Usually it is related to the month or date. If it is a number with special significance to an individual, special attention should be paid. For example, if 8 appears, if it has passed the 8th of this month and it is May, it is likely to refer to August.

English letters appear

Usually represents someone's surname, perhaps C stands for "Zhang", or "Zheng", etc., while K may stand for surname "Jin", etc.

Birds or things like birds

It usually means that there will be some unexpected surprises or there may be good news. If it is a bird flying high, it means that something amazing will happen soon or something surprising will happen soon.

blank rectangle

Usually indicates the arrival of wealth, the larger the rectangle, the greater the wealth, so you can buy lottery tickets recently, or pay attention to the uniform invoice. As for whether you can keep money, you have to look at the moment when you open the cup and plate, the degree of pasting of the cup and plate; the tighter the stick, the less easy it is to leak money.

Snake-like shape

Usually it means something bad, especially around, maybe there are villains, or someone is plotting against you. In short, it is best not to have positive conflicts with others; if it is in the shape of S, it may also be related to surnames, such as "Xie" or "Xu".

Tubular appearance

If a tube appears on the wall of the coffee cup, it usually indicates travel, or there will be a migration aspect to it. The longer the shape of the pipe, the farther it is to go, and if it is a pipe with no end, it means that the journey is blocked and it is not easy to travel.

you experience eye

Usually indicates that people are jealous, the more eyes appear, the more serious the situation, pay more attention to their words and deeds.

Circles, lines, triangles appear

Circles usually represent good things, such as success; straight lines represent success; triangles also represent success, but mostly related to entertainment, communication and the arts.

Star or constellation-related patterns appear

If a star shape appears, it usually means that dreams and wishes come true. If there is a constellation symbol pattern, or symbol, it indicates the nature of something, such as Aries on behalf of action too impulsive, and Libra, it may be related to love.

If the coffee grounds don't fall off the walls,

If there is a gap between the cup wall and the cup wall, it means that there is still room for sparse hair. If there is no gap, it means that the questioner needs to talk to someone and try to say the pressure in his heart.

unicorn appears

Unicorns usually represent secrets and fantasies in someone's heart. If unicorns appear, they usually represent unknown secrets in their hearts, such as affairs or love triangles.

Coffee grounds can be divined, water on a plate can be wished. When the divination with coffee grounds is finished, make a wish in your mind first, then hold up the plate and let the water in the plate flow down the river. The first water flowing down represents the first wish. The second injection represents the second wish…and so on. The length of the water trail represents the time required to fulfill the wish. The longer the water trail, the longer the time required to fulfill the wish. If the water does not flow, it represents that the wish is difficult to realize.