Coffee - My personal favorites
“A Cup of Coffee Shared With a Friend is Happiness Tasted and Time Well Spent”
So the thing is I am a super, mega, ultra, turbo huge coffee lover.
Coffee is like a bright sunlight making my life much more happier or maybe like a fuel that gives life to my super powers.
But no matter how we call it we all know the feeling , this nice gentle touch on the lips we get with the first sip of this liquid Magic.
For my inner coffee - lover junkie the coffee itself is much more than a quick drink it is a ritual giving us some quality time to relax, to sit down and have a good conversation with friends or colleagues / coffee breaks are just awesome /, time just for us to treat ourselves nicely.
As people say : “Coffee should be black as hell, strong as death and sweet as love” but in my opinion a little milk kiss now and then won’t hurt much and here comes the great, my personal number one Café Vienne.
Prepared with cream on the top it is a great compliment to your afternoon chill time or just any other time, I guess. The interesting fact is that in Vienna, the home town of this gorgeousness, you probably won’t be able to enjoy the famous coffee this way because they tend to serve it with a fine foam of milk dusted with cocoa powder.
Oh, how much I love it but of course the Irish one doesn’t disappoint, as well.
This magnificent mix of hot coffee, Irish whiskey, and sugar, stirred, and topped with cream is the perfect match for a cold, chill day. Hmm even now I can taste the lovely smell of it… dreams!
And here comes my personal number three - the Turkish coffee.
Turkish coffee has become famous all around the world for both its strong taste and its special methods of preparation and service. But there is much more to it apart from its delightful taste. Let’s take a look at the story behind this awesomeness.
Turkish coffee is prepared in so called cezve, a special small pot with a long handle that is traditionally made of copper. Since sugar is never added after the coffee is cooked you have to add sugar into the pod (two sugar cubes for very sweet, one for medium sweetness, and none for the ones that like it dark, strong and bitter ). Once the coffee comes to a boil, let the foam rise and take it off the heat right before it’s about to spill, and this will guarantee that your coffee will have lots of foam because a coffee without foam is simply unacceptable! Traditionally the coffee is served with a glass of water and of course something sweet , better to be with Turkish Delight, also part of the ritual.
Special preparation, brewing techniques, and rich communal culture made Turkish coffee worthy of being inscribed in 2013 into UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
Regardless of your personal preferences whether you just like to grab some quick coffee to keep your eyes open at the desk or like me, you see something more behind it we all should agree that coffee is a way to get to know each other, get to know other cultures and explore new places.
Enjoy every sip!
Let us know in the comments below which coffee is your personal champion or feel free to share funny coffee stories, we do appreciate them.
“ I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community”
“What goes best with a cup of coffee? Another cup”
