Well, as for coffee-drinking habits, I must confess that in majority of places here when you ask for coffee, you'll get an espresso.
However, some old-style places still make it really Turkish-style (when you order "Turkish coffee" - the kind I mentioned in my post above):
you get a coffee cup (small) and a steaming small coffee pot, and you pour it yourself. And two cubes of sugar on a small plate (not that I use it)...
Such coffee is regularly served when you move geographically further East (or South, depending on location). They serve it that way in Bosnia, Macedonia, and, of course, in Turkey, AFAIK.
Something like the way they serve tea in Arab countries...
Still, I must admit I always wanted to try some of the better-known kinds I see mentioned here and there, like "Jamaican Blue" (if I remember the name correctly - supposed to be one of the best in the world, or so I heard). None of those are available here 🙁
Any of you tried REAL Italian espresso?
When I was in Rome, the experience was exactly the opposite than the one in London, as described above: what I got was a tiniest coffee cup you ever saw, and the bottom was just barely covered with thick (almost syrupy) black stuff.
Man, was that stuff strong!!!
It must have had the same amount of coffeine as my regular King-size cup 😀
I was still shaking half an hour later 😱
