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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Thank you Yaramaz, and the coffee.

almuze · Joined: 25 Oct 2004 Posts: 125

turkish ice cream you can swing on a stick! especially Maras (marash) dondurma.

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

What's up with the coffee? Why is it famous in those parts? Has anyone tried it? (obviously, I'm an addict.... Sad

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dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

Mira, thank you calsimsek.

I've drunk it. It is not too different from Arabic coffee. should you ever find yourself in one of those beehive houses drinking it, you'll be asked your age. They make a big thing of the mira being drunk by the oldest first and the youngest last. It's like a coffee shot- knocked back in a oner.

saloma · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 211

A coffee shot in a beehive house?? I'm planning my next escape from Istanbul already! Thanks!

billybuzz · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Posts: 219 Location: turkey

I've always wondered and looked on in total disbelief at what goes for scaffolding on most of the building sites I see .Rarely do they use the steel ones, they just throw up bits of wood nailed together and tied to the side of the building .Talk about having faith in your god ,I wonder if those workers think they are immortal .