If you ever
put your feet on Balkans, you surly noticed full coffee shops and people
drinking coffee no matter of the time. In fact, here we can speak about special
culture of preparing and drinking coffee…
Surly it’s
a national drink of Bosnians and Herzegovinians since the arrival of Ottomans.
Traditional Bosnian coffee, which is known as a Turkish coffee in the whole
world, is prepared in the special coffee pot, called džezva, and served in
special miniature coffee cups, called fildžan. This coffee, made by boiling ground
coffee beans with water, is really strong. It’s always served with sugar,
little lokum sweets (it’s mostly eaten after drinking) and running water. Be
careful if you’re not used to drink it. In Sarajevo, it’s said that’s enough
clean and it’s really good for a health…. But it’s also true you can get a
runny tummy after the 1st degustation.
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Just to
show you džezva and fildžan
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If you don’t
want to try Bosnian coffee, you’ve got other choices. According to the local people,
you can take:
- expresso - yes, you read well, that’s changed name of espresso :) ; it’s not exactly like coffee to go, it’s rather coffee which needs to be drunk really fast.
- polako (a word very often used on Balkans; it means slowly, not to hurry)… coffee for degustation even during few hours…
Attention !
if You don’t want to look like a foreign, you should order coffee with another drink. Here, the most shocking
for me, it’s mix coffee – coca cola, or coffee – orange juice… I really don’t understand it and I can’t drink it…
What you
also need to know is that you should never refused a coffee. It’s really not
well seen, it’s like you refuse hospitality….
Interesting about coffe! Here in Norway, we also drink a lot of coffe. Actually, it is only in Finland they drink more coffe than in Norway on a worldwide base. In average, we drink five cups a day. I love coffe! :)
OdpowiedzUsuńWOW !
UsuńIt seems you'd feel in Bosnia and Herzegovina like a fish in the sea ;)
wow looks delicious! WE love coffee and I want to try it someday!
OdpowiedzUsuńLéia
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Well, I never refuse a coffee ... in any form ...
OdpowiedzUsuńWhen I flew from Canada to Paris, I landed at de Gaulle airport and the first thing I wanted was a coffee. Of course, the French idea of coffee and the North American idea are quite different. So when the server handed me a tiny shot of espresso, I chuckled and said she'd better line up another three ... Yes, in NA, we like a big mug of coffee ...
Hehehe you make me smile Kennedy...
UsuńWhat's the North American idea ?
In North America, people drink large cups of coffee ... really large compared to the European traditions.
UsuńWhen I stayed in Barcelona, I was in a hotel right across from the train station, and every morning, I would go over there and have my morning café con leche, not one but two. After a few days, the barista recognised me and would automatically make up two for me. Oh, how I loved that coffee as I sat and watched the weary travellers arrive on the nighttime trains. Fond memories.
My mom never refuse coffe in any form either :)
OdpowiedzUsuńAnd YES she have tryed Bosnian coffe here in Sweden :)
Hej!
OdpowiedzUsuńFajny artykuł. Ja zdecydowanie nie odmówiłabym kawy, wręcz staram się narzucać sobie ograniczenia ;-)
Chociaż z Twoich propozycji wybrałabym polaka ;-) Wolę pić długo. Espresso mnie trochę przeraża i kłóci się z moją ideą celebrowania kawy.
Ostatnio na lotnisku w Bolonii zamówiłam jakąś dziwną kawę, którą trzeba było jeść łyżeczką. Była jak budyń i taka smolista, smaczna, ale co to za kawa, której nie można pić?
Pozdrawiam!