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Conspicuous consumption of specialty coffee is on the rise in Istanbul. A city once synonymous with demitasse Turkish coffee, and tea from Rize’s mountainous, Black Sea coast, you can now practically get a single origin pour over from simit selling…
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The idea of barrel aging coffee beans with fine spirits and wine sounds compelling. However, when you give it some thought, the realization dawns that this is just another overpriced industry trend hyped to the consumer. An up-market rendition of…
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On the Asian side, in the ultra chic historical neighborhood of Moda, or Caferağa, Kadıköy, lies a trove of coffee houses which make up the heart of Istanbul’s third wave coffee scene. With a rich coffee culture already embedded in Istanbul…
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Though tea is now synonymous with Indian culture, It was not always this way. Though Chinese varieties of tea were first introduced to India by the British in the early 1800’s in an attempt to break the Chinese monopoly on…
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