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Like every one of you, I really like a wonderful Turkish espresso but I also welcome the finer stuffs in life. All the more excellently ground that is. If you’re ready to take a footstep out of your usual range and try a finer drink, a good place to start is with Turkish espresso.
Turkish espresso was first brought into Turkey around 1540 or so. . History says us that it was presented by the Turkish Governor - Ozdemir Pasha. He found an alternative drink in his province, you get three predicts for what it might have been (hint, it was coffee). Cleverly, he made a point to convey it to the consideration of the Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent.
The Sultan’s man decided to try a new way for making the coffee. They used mortars to exceptionally ground the coffee and then made it using a special jar named an Ibrik. It was instantly a big hit in the palace and really became an essential part of Turkish culture, tradition and history. The mansions of the elite were the first to get to try this great new drink. Later it was consumed by the crowds and eventually the entire Ottoman Empire.
It was soon being arranged by coffee specialists known as “Kahveci Usta”. They were employed by many forts as well as by high ranking bureaucrats and rich citizens. Many of these experts also went on to open their own espresso stocks serving Turkish coffee and other good drinks.
In somewhere around 1656 the Ottoman Grand Vizier Koprulu issued laws to shut down the espresso firms. This action came as a shock to the publics of Turkey who frequented them. Penalty for violating the regulation was punishing and ranged from beating to drowning. It was believed that they aided as meeting places for debating politics and even ways to take down the Sultan. Those in power viewed the coffee houses as a danger and tried to preventively snuff out the fires of revolt.
Changing gears to a less powerful topic, there are even wedding traditions that have changed with Turkish coffee. A new wife will make Turkish coffee for the mother-in-law as a test of her worthiness, with disappointment risking shame and being gossiped about in community. Also the bride will add salt to the usually sweetened drink as an amount of how interested she is. A lot of salt means your chances don’t look good while little salt means that things are shaping up well. If a man can strike down a whole cup of salty coffee, he proves his manhood and also is saying he is ready to marry her.
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