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Turkish Coffee : Serve it while it’s hot

Posted on October 20th, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »

Turkish coffee is prepared from the point of having consistency of flour. The drink is very concentrated and is served in small cups without handles, with or without sugar. This drink is common throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Somalia, and the Balkan countries. This method of preparation is believed to have originated in Damascus [...]

History of Coffee

Posted on October 16th, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »

The history of coffee, as a famous beverage, probably originated in Ethiopia, in the province of Kaffa, but that is not absolutely settled. The most prevalent legend has it that a shepherd of Abyssinia has noticed the tonic effect of this shrub on the goats that had eaten.
Its culture is spreading into neighboring Arabia, where [...]