This coffee set was designed by Esli Alovi for DesignBoom’s “Dining in 2015″ Design Contest.

This is one of the coolest designs we’ve ever seen. Usually, a Turkish Coffee Set has a traditional design. But this modern design takes to a totally new level.

Esli Alovi’s own words about the design:

A modern interpretation for a turkish coffee set which still maintains its traditional values. the tray integrates everything required for the preparation of the coffee, from cooking to serving, all in the dining area. the materials used are copper and ceramic.

There’s a very active local Turkish Coffee Meetup Group in New York City.

If you are a Turkish Coffee Fan and live in or around New York City, you have to join this meetup group.

New York City Turkish Coffee Meetup Group has over 300 members and already arranged over 60 meetups locally.

Meeting local people people who share similar interests as you is a great way to expand your social network. You can checkout Meetup.com and find a Turkish Coffee Meetup close to you. If there is not one, wouldn’t it be a great idea to start one?

Turkish Coffee Culture is all about socializing and hospitality. What gets better than a local Turkish Coffee Meetup group where you can socialize with other local Turkish Coffee Fans?

Warm summer nights in New York City lead us to creativity and new ideas.

A new and a great idea came to us out of nowhere. We said to ourselves; “Why don’t we ask our readers to help with this project?”

How to Help us with the Project Turkish Coffee Translation

We have named our list: Project Turkish Coffee Translation

Here’s how you can help us to create this list:

1. If you are bilingual, or you know anybody who speaks another language (come on, you definitely know, remember the six degrees of separation?) ask and learn the translation of “Turkish Coffee” in a different language.
2. Post in the comments below with your translation, here’s the format:

Language: Turkish
Translation: Türk Kahvesi
Name: Your name and/or your website’s name
URL: http://yourwebsite.com

We will be adding a link for the person who has sent the translation of that specific language first. This is our way of saying thanks by giving a link and sending traffic to your way. But, please keep in mind, if somebody already commented for the specific language before you did, you will not be getting credit. So, hurry

3. Help us spread the word. Please copy and paste this message into your twitter and tweet it to spread the word.

@TurkishCoffeeUS Project Turkish Coffee Translation – Add your translation at http://bit.ly/Y6YHJ

Here’s the first translation, of course in Turkish. Looking forward to receiving your contributions.

Project Turkish Coffee Translation

1. Türk Kahvesi – Language: Turkish, Contributor: Turkish Coffee US.
2. Café Turco – Language: Portuguese (Brazil), Contributor: Nicole Arruda.
3. Caffè Turco – Language: Italian, Contributor: C.S..
4. Turska Kafa – Language: Serbian, Contributor: Ozren Vukelic.
5. Kava – Language: Croatian, Contributor: Ozren Vukelic.
6. Kahva – Language: Bosnian, Contributor: Ozren Vukelic.
7. トルコ コ－ヒ ( toruko ko-hi) – Language: Japannese, Contributor: Gulcin.
8. قهوة تركي – Language: Arabic, Contributor: Nora.
9. Török kávé – Language: Hungarian, Contributor: Erik.
10. Cafea Turcească – Language: Romanian, Contributor: Erik.
11. Türkischer Kaffee / Mokka – Language: German, Contributor: Erik.

As we all know, Turkish coffee is made of freshly medium-roasted coffee beans by grinding them very fine and it is brewed in a very special way. The way Turkish Coffee is served and the customs to follow when it is ready to be enjoyed is as special as the preparation and brewing phase.

It is a very old and known custom that the Turkish coffee is supposed to be served with a cold glass of water. Like most of other old customs and habits, no one really knows the necessity of the cold glass of water as a bystander of the delicious Turkish coffee.

Turkish Coffee Picture Credit: CoffeeKeyif on Flickr

Nevertheless, most of the customs and cultural habits have some health benefits which we usually underestimate and most of us do not realize the need for them.

What might be the benefits of having a glass of cold water along with your Turkish Coffee?

• 1. As you probably know, coffee and tea have a chemical ingredient called “methylxantine”…Caffeine is the most popular methlyxantine in coffee, and has a mild diuretic effect. In other words, drinking coffee makes you to lose some body water via increased amount and frequency of urination. In order to catch up with this “loss”, it is accustomed to serve the Turkish coffee with the water.
• 2. Others believe, it is necessary to “clean” all the taste buds on your tongue from other tastes by drinking a glass of water before enjoying your Turkish coffee. With doing this, one can increase the pleasure of having a nicely brewed Turkish coffee. Having some sips of water before drinking your coffee also makes the taste of your coffee stay longer, without getting mixed with all other “previous” tastes.
• 3. Last but not the least, Turkish coffee is the only brewed coffee that is served with its ground at the bottom of your cup (fincan). In case, if you liked your Turkish coffee so much, and instead of drinking it if you inhaled it and accidentally aspirated some ground particles or had some particles got stuck in your throat, by having the bystander “a glass of cold water” you can immediately reverse the choking hazard safely for yourself…

Enjoy your Turkish Coffee with a glass of cold water…

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