By Monalisha Mallick
● Last Updated : 18 Sep 2023
City & Culture
Middle East
In Turkey, drinking the coffee followed by having your fortune told from the leftover coffee grounds is a favorite pastime. The fortune telling from Turkish coffee falls in the category of Tasseography.
Turkish coffee fortune reading is usually done by professionals or friends who know something about it. However, it is advised not to read your own cup; it brings bad luck.
Once you are done with your coffee drinking, turn the cup over upside-down on the saucer. The fortune teller than asks you to take the upside-down cup and saucer and rotate it three times clockwise or counterclockwise, loosening the sediment inside. All this must be done with a thought about what you wish to know.
There are many ways to read the cup. The most common are:
We often have overlooked this but do you know these coffee sediments really make some fantastic figures.
For example, if a group of black dots appears, then that indicates you might receive money soon and if it’s a triangle, your life is going to change soon.
Letters, animal figurines also appear on the sediments and each one of them has a reading associated to it.
Learn more about Turkish coffee fortune reading and know what the future holds for you with a cup of coffee. Plan your trip to this exciting country that straddles between Europe & Asia.
Monalisha Mallick
Creative soul. Writer. Traveler. Monalisha is infinitely curious about the world. When not answering questions about her career choice (graduation in Engineering and profession in writing), she enjoys going out to experience new places, savor fresh cuisines, meet people (many time weird) and soak in the culture from different eras and places.
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