Turkish coffee -"bir fıncan kahvenin kırk yıllık hatırı vardır"
The regards given to coffee in Turkey is expressed in the saying “Bir fıncan kahvenin kırk yıllık hatırı vardır” (One cup of coffee assures – and is worth – 40 years of friendship). The history of coffee Coffee came to Turkey around the 10th century, brought from Ethiopia and Syria, but it didn’t gain popularity for 500 years or so. Istanbul was introduced to coffee in 1555 during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent by Ãzdemir Pasha, the Ottoman Governor of Yemen, who had grown to love the drink while stationed in that country. By the mid-16th centu...
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