TURKISH COFFEE RECIPE

For each cup, add 2 teaspoons of the best *Turkish grind coffee you can find to 2 oz. of water in an ibrik, or if you don’t have one (yet), in a small saucepan. Add sugar and cardamom if you like, stir until dissolved and place your ibrik on the stove. Bring it almost to a boil. Pour into cups, serve and enjoy! It’s always nice to have cakes or cookies along with your drink.

*Turkish grind: you can use any kind of coffee, as long as it’s finely ground. This is ‘Turkish grind’. 

Real Turkish coffee is the best…and you can find it readily available online or in your local grocery store.

When you’ve finished drinking your coffee, turn the cup upside down and place it on the saucer. Leave it there a few minutes to drain. Tap the bottom of the cup and turn it right side up. If you are doing this with more people than just yourself, hand your cup to someone else and let them ‘read’ what they see. You might be surprised. 

The sediment remaining in the cup and on the saucer after the liquid has been consumed forms patterns creating a ‘canvas’ of images just waiting to be seen and interpreted. Often there are numbers, shapes, letters, even words. There can be recognizable images including people, animals, specific objects and more. I have seen musical notes that, when played, become a melody. I most often see mystical beings and those images are what my current paintings are based on, hence, the ‘Ancestor Guardians’ and ‘Mystical Animals’ series. It’s extremely interesting when you do see a recognizable animal to check out the meaning of that animal.