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This post is from a series here called Coffee Vocab Tuesdays
Okay, so I went into my favorite Starbucks this morning and had a new adventure in caffeine. I joked in “Coffee Vocab pt. I” about how I usually say: “If I can’t chew it, it’s not coffee.” Well, I kid you not, the guy in front of me literally meant that when he ordered something called “Turkish Coffee.” In a 10 minute wait, I learned a new term, and got a new drink!!!
I’m such a line eavesdropper. That’s one reason I don’t mind waiting in them. I usually opt out of the fast pass at Disneyland, because to me waiting in line is part of the ride: based on the STUFF YOU HEAR! Anyway, at Starbucks, the guy was Middle-Eastern and spoke with a heavy accent. The girl didn’t seem familiar with it. Poor thing, she was really cute too. She showed wisdom when she asked a fellow barista for some help in preparing it correctly. Another came over, guided her through a series of steps which I watched in dumfounded amusement. Finally, with trepidation she gave him the strange concoction. He drank it with questioning relish and said: “That’s good, I can almost chew it!” I was in shock. It was my clever line! Yet it wasn’t clever, it was APPLICABLE! I’ve heard people joke that Turkish coffee was so strong, you had to take prenatal vitamins with it to counter=balance the nutrient depletion.
I of course had to break with my routine order of a mild-coffee-of-the-day black with no room for cream to get a TURKISH COFFEE! Have you ever had one? If you have, you know that there is indeed a coffee drink out there in the repertoire of drinks that indeed . . . is chewable.
I need a new line now that mine is no longer outrageous . . . any suggestions? I like to make the baristas laugh. Can’t fail to please ya know?
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I had Greek coffee once..probably similar. It was soooo strong. I like coffee but I really only like the milder Folger’s or Dunkin’ Donuts variety. I don’t even care for Starbuck’s regular old coffee…
Jessica
Starbucks can make Turkish coffees? I wonder if they can in the little town beneath us. Hmmm.
If you suck it through a straw, it’s not coffee.
Thank you for my new line!!!
I like really strong coffee and expresso- so I’d most likely love turkish coffee. I didn’t know Starbucks had that on their menu- but then I don’t have many opportunies to go there much.
Glad you posted this. Now I’ll have to check it out. Can’t wait to shake, rattle and roll! :)
I have tried Turkish coffee a couple of times at a Turkish restaurant and I think the coffee grounds is the best part. If you can chew it, it must be Turkish coffee then?
@Kelly: Hey there bud, thanks for chiming in. The Starbucks up here has it. They also have it at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
@M: Exactly ;) It’s pretty intense but everyone should try it at least once. I had customers when I worked at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf who swore by it. I’m pretty easy though, I’ll take a dark mild roast black every morning and I’m a happy camper.
Hmmm, I wonder if that TURKISH COFFEE is also available here in Starbucks Philippines. But I don’t have the guts to ask anyway :P
I don’t know how do you drink Turkish coffee at Starbucks but here in Turkey, we drink it in little cups and “fortune telling by reading the coffee grounds” is a popular tradition in turkish culture.
Funny thing is i don’t think Starbucks produce turkish coffee here, they are in the business of selling other coffee products.
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Here is a detailed website: http://www.turkish-coffee.org/
@Kuday: The fortune telling factoid is amazing, thanks for sharing.