Turkish Coffee -How to Drink

Turkish coffee still maintains it's charm and mystry mainly among the western travellers. Generally people are more interested in "How Turkish Coffee is made or brewed" you can find a lot of information on the net. But with my recent experience I realized it's more important to learn "How to drink Turkish Coffee"!

Turks generally prefer to drink Turkish coffee after the meals, mostly after dinner.

Time:
Firstly you should have enough time for Turkish Coffee. It's a not a coffee to drink on the go. Mostly suitable time and surrounding would be as such, sitting comfortably with your friends or family and don't have any time constraint.

Presentation/Serving:

Presentation is one of the most important part of the ceremony. You never drink Turkish coffee from a cartoon or a glass but you require special small coffee cups for that. Options to serve Turkish Coffee with would be; chocolate, Turkish delight or liquer. 

Drinking Turkish Coffee
Turkish coffee generally comes with a glass of water.Before having a sip from your coffee you should drink the water, not all as much as you want. The purpose of water is to clear the aroma in your mouth so you can enjoy the taste of coffee more. It's already a small cup so sip slowly. My husband treats it like it's any other coffee and generally orders the second one within 10 minutes, that's wrong:) it's meant to be drunken small amount like espresso.

Last but the least, actually more important aspect of drinking Turkish coffe, never try to finish it all! Don't mix it with espresso. At the bottom of the coffee cup there are coffee grounds, eating them would take all the joy and taste of drinking Turkish Coffee.  

Learn Turkish with Turkish Songs-Nil-Ben Buraya Çıplak Geldim

I like Nil and her songs very much but to be honest this song didn't hit me first time I listened to, more I listened I liked it more and more!
The name of the song gives a strange feeling first "Ben buraya çıplak geldim" =I came here naked!
Surely this doesn't mean coming to restaurant or shop naked but coming into life. And below find the lyrics;

Main grammer point is "I shall", "Shall I" structure; eyim/ayım; gel+eyim=I shall come
bil+eyim=I shall know
Ne bil+eyim=What shall I know
Important note during daily spoken Turkish this bileyim reads as biliyim as in the song.

Bazı Sabahlar Uyandım Kayıp Haldeyim

Sanırsın Gölgeyim Ayaktayken Yerdeyim

Ne Biliyim, Ne Biliyim Herkes işinde

Bin Bir Dilek Peşinde Ben Mi Tövbeliyim

Tövbe Tövbeliyim Ne Biliyim Ne Biliyim

Nefes Aldım Nefes Verdim Burdayım

Pes Etmem Yok Ben Buraya Çıplak Geldim

Hey Hayat Utanmam Yok Utanmam Yok

Bazen Ne Yapsam Bir Bir Berabereyim

Sorsalar Ben Neyim Ne Malüp Ne Galibim

Ne Biliyim, Ne Biliyim Hep Aynı Soru

Hem Zor Hem De Doğru Geçerken Günlerim

Nerde Cesaretim Ne Biliyim, Ne Biliyim

Nefes Aldım Nefes Verdim Burdayım

Per Etmem Yok Ben Buraya Çıplak Geldim

Hey Hayat Utanmam Yok, Utanmam Yok

Yoook Yoook Yook Yok Pes Etmem Yok

Yok Utanmam Yok Nefes Aldım Nefes Verdim

Burdayım Pes Etmem Yok Ben Buraya Çıplak Geldim

He Hayat Utanmam Yok Utanmam Yok

Learn Turkish with Turkish Songs-7 (practise "-mış")

Turkish music: Ferhat Göçer-Unutmuş Çoktan

Tek yönüm sendin izini kaybettim

Bir iz bir yön olmadan düştüm yollara

Bir sağa çarptım, bir sola çarptım

Savruldukça savruldum hep çıkmazlara

Çınladıkça adın kulağımı kapattım

Bir son veremedim içimdeki tiz çığlıklara

Hep sendeydi aklım, bedeni aldattım

Savruldukça savruldum koldan kollara

Bakmadı gitti dönmedi bile arkasına

Eğdim boynumu çaresizce galip gelen gururuma of

Duydum ellere yarmış, yerini yeller almış çoktan

Bense kendimi salmış, yüreğini yaralar sarmış yoktan

Bir kızı bir oğlu varmış, kendi hayatına dalmış

En acısı da beni hatırlamamış unutmuş çoktan 

Learn -mış= used in different forms:

1.) if the information is second hand, it gives "I guess..., I heard..." meaning-not certain

 beni unutmuş=(I heard/I understand)she forgot me