Tea and coffee culture in Turkey.
Turkey is one of the countries in the world, that has a very expressive tea and coffee culture. Turkish coffee is known all over the world, and is served as an exotic drink in many foreign restaurants. It is an unfiltered coffee made by boiling the ground coffee beans with water and distributing into small coffee cups from cezve. This coffee is now traditional in many other countries, including Armenia. After finishing the coffee, we use the "drawings made by the ground coffee beans" on the coffee cup, to predict the future. I bet, Turks do that as well.
Despite the belief, that Turks do drink coffee all the time, they prefer tea far more, and are known as a country offering a very fascinating tea culture. Turks are very hospitable, and they may offer tea even to strangers. They serve tea in special tulip shaped cups thus, making their tea culture even more distinguishable. Tea is also served with every meal in restaurants, and waiters bring you as much tea as you want, without any charges, obviously. I will surely confirm this, since I had a luck to enjoy Turkish tea during my summer trip to Turkey. The strong black tea is the most popular one in Turkey. On a last note, Turks like tea both on hot summer weather and cold winter weather, so do not be surprised to see them drink tea all the time!
Pictures from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_coffee
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