Cultural Post 1

[Claire Fuller]

During one of our meetings, Merve made Turkish coffee for me. She showed me the process of how to make Turkish coffee and explained to me the differences between Turkish coffee and the coffee we drink in the U.S. For example, Turkish coffee is thicker and is usually served in smaller servings. Turkish coffee is also not filtered like most coffee we drink, so you have to drink the liquid coffee and leave the coffee grounds at the bottom of the cup. Once we were done drinking our coffee, we mixed and flipped our cups over and left them to sit. Merve then read my coffee grounds, which I thought was really cool and interesting. The inside of the cup was stuff that related to my own fortune/future, and the drips on the plate symbolized my family. She told me that whenever she and her friends/family would drink coffee grounds, they would always read their fortunes for each other.