When "Turkish Coffee" is Greek and "Greek Coffee" Turkish
May 3, 2013 - 12:51pm, by Yigal Schleifer
Yigal Schleifer
A cup of the real Turkish coffee, at Mandabatmaz in Istanbul
When water, finely-ground, dark roasted coffee and sugar are put together in a long-handled coffee put and brought to a near boil, is the result "Turkish coffee" or "Greek coffee"? That question, of course, is one that has been vexing the Middle East, Balkans and the Mediterranean for decades.
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