I still remember like yesterday when I first time went to a coffee shop with my father…I was still a kid who goes to primary school. I could not remember why we went out at that day, but so glad that we did. We were in Eminonu. My father suddenly ceased me while we about to get on the bus for go back to home and said;
‘let’s get some coffee’
‘coffee’ I said in surprise.
‘Yeah coffee, come on.!’
‘Okey’ I said. We were pretty exausted and it would be good for us to sit in a coffee house and sipping our coffee, furthermore, I have never drunk coffee with my father.
We set off for drink some coffee, at least I was thinking like that. But the result was nothing of the kind! All I could see was a crowd of people who try to buy something, yeah I figured out that they were trying to buy coffee after coming up to the crowd. Oh! A big coffee shop, so many salesgirls and salesboys were trying to answer the demands of the crowded. There are always big crowdeds in front of the small window of the shop, so you would face hustle and bustle of people for buying roasted coffee. Sellers always busy filling small brown packages of freshly roasted Turkish coffee.
Ground coffee is demanded like that really surprised me. There are a lot of coffee lovers in Turkiye. That is why there was a long queue.
‘Omg! Is this line made for getting some coffee?’ That was my thought about the queue, because I didn’t know the fascinating taste of coffee at that time. But smell of coffee was great, I was really touched from great smell of ground coffee. We had waited in line for a long time to buy . My father and I were the last people in line, I think it was worth to wait for it so we did it till our turn comes.
When we were in line, the sign of the shop attracted my attention. Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi was the name of that shop, It means ‘ground and roasted coffee seller Mehmet Efendi’. I read biography of Mehmet Efendi later on. He is the first person who start roasting and grinding
Coffee in Turkiye. And as one of my blogger friend said, the first shop of him was founded in the heart of Eminonu. A great coffee smell spread around, and indeed this is one of the unique scents for a coffee lover, so just follow your nose if you are in Eminonu and near Tahmis sokak, I am sure you will find yourself in the coffee shop.
And now I think that was the why my father suddenly changed his mind and headed for scents of coffee. Here in China, It is very difficult to find Turkish coffee, so before came to here, I put several small coffee pouch in my baggage. I still use those packets, but I am afraid they are about to finish. When I was a child, my mother always made coffee for me and for my dad with milk, so it was so hard for me to drink plain coffee without milk but now I drink also plain black coffee, and more than that I now can cook myself… :-D
But drink in a coffee house in Turkiye or get your own coffee from Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi shop instead of an ordinary market, make you feel better besides the enjoyable times when you sip your coffee from the small coffee cup named fincan in Turkish.
Today if I was in Turkiye, I would visit there at least once time every week, but unfortunately I don’t live in Turkiye now. I promised myself that I will visit Eminonu coffee shop if I get back to Turkiye this summer. Let’s hope for that.!
Coffee in Turkiye. And as one of my blogger friend said, the first shop of him was founded in the heart of Eminonu. A great coffee smell spread around, and indeed this is one of the unique scents for a coffee lover, so just follow your nose if you are in Eminonu and near Tahmis sokak, I am sure you will find yourself in the coffee shop.
And now I think that was the why my father suddenly changed his mind and headed for scents of coffee. Here in China, It is very difficult to find Turkish coffee, so before came to here, I put several small coffee pouch in my baggage. I still use those packets, but I am afraid they are about to finish. When I was a child, my mother always made coffee for me and for my dad with milk, so it was so hard for me to drink plain coffee without milk but now I drink also plain black coffee, and more than that I now can cook myself… :-D
But drink in a coffee house in Turkiye or get your own coffee from Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi shop instead of an ordinary market, make you feel better besides the enjoyable times when you sip your coffee from the small coffee cup named fincan in Turkish.
Today if I was in Turkiye, I would visit there at least once time every week, but unfortunately I don’t live in Turkiye now. I promised myself that I will visit Eminonu coffee shop if I get back to Turkiye this summer. Let’s hope for that.!
And I almost forget to say how you can make your own coffee in your home...You are welcome to try...hehe
How to make Turkish Coffee?
· Use one full coffee spoon of Turkish coffee per person
· Use one coffee cup full of water per person
· Use sugar as per your taste (half a dessert-spoon per cup recommended)
You start by adding and mixing the coffee, sugar and cold water into a coffee pot. Keep the stove at low until you see foam appear on top of the pot. Pour the foamy part of the coffee into the cup (special Turkish coffe cups recommended - called "fincan"). Then return the pot to the stove and bring the remaining coffee to a boil. Pour the boiling coffee over the cup all the way to the top. Your Turkish coffee is now ready to serve. Afiyet Olsun (Bon Appetite).
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