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A vacation in turkey will not be complete without tasting the famous Turkish coffee.
It is drunk sweet (sekerli), average sweet (orta) or without sugar (sade). We recommend you to drink it “orta” even though you are used to drink it without sugar. Indeed, the sugar gives a little caramelised taste and it is not judicious to drink it without sugar. And if you really want to enjoy your “keyif” (Turkish relaxation) you’d better drink it in Turkish style, sitting peacefully on the cushions on the kilim and savour it slowly. Then you can taste the sweet Turkish life….

To complete the session of the Turkish coffee, the Turks adore to read their future (and sometimes their past) in the coffee grounds which is the rest in the cup. To make it clear for the person who’s gonna tell you lots of good things, you reed to replace the plate under the cup by turning upside down to the top of the cup and overturn the cup towards you.
Make three tours to the direction of the clock with making a wish. And you should leave the cup in that position on the plate until it gets cold to interpret the patterns inside the cup.