Turkish coffee

Now that the sweetest holiday has started, it's time for sweets of all kinds, all to go along with little cups of bitter Turkish coffee. The true essence of the Ramadan holiday is an endless chain of visits, and serving coffee with sweet morsels of delight is a must.

In a departure from traditional fortune-telling methods like daisy petals or tea leaves, Turkish coffee fortune-telling has surged in popularity, particularly among Generation Z, reveals an article by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Tomorrow, Dec. 5, is declared as the "World Turkish Coffee Day." Exactly 10 years ago, in 2013, Turkish coffee was included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List on Dec.

The existence of fortune-telling cafes, which are coffee shops where all kinds of fortune-telling arts are performed, such as Turkish coffee to hand and tarot card reading, is against the law, and their owners should be punished, suggests a lawyer.

Turkey's first and only coffee museum is located in the Safranbolu district in the northern province of Karabük, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and among the "20 best-protected cities," hosting visitors in a 400-year-old historical Cinci inn.

The young Turkish generation has expanded the diversity of coffee consumption in Turkey, preferring to drink filter coffees or espressos, but Turkish coffee is still the most consumed coffee, daily Milliyet has reported.

"After Y, we have generation Z in Turkey, but Turkish coffee is still the king," the daily headlined on Oct. 8.

Thousands of people gathered on Oct. 3 in Washington, D.C. for an annual event that offers a sampling of Turkish culture, food and music.

The 19th Annual Turkish Festival, organized by the American Turkish Association of Washington D.C., included live music, folk dance performances, fortune telling and cultural events.

A coffee collection of a Turkish couple is known to be one of the largest private collections related to Ottoman and Turkish coffee culture in the world, and they now aspire to establish a coffee museum.

A Turkish coffee shop has been selected as one of the top five best cafes in Japan's capital, Tokyo. The Mosque Coffe, operating as a Turkish coffee shop in Tokyo, was ranked among the five best cafes in the region by a British daily newspaper, the Financial Times.

Turkish coffee, one of the indispensable elements of Turkish culture, has captivated the hearts and taste buds of generations, infusing flavor and meaning into the social experience equally. But for some, the traditional drink has become more than a daily passion.