Turkish coffee 🇹🇷 Turkish Coffee and Culture Turkish coffee is a big part of the culture in Turkey and it’s a custom they hold dear. The country’s so enamoured with the beverage that the Turkish word for breakfast ‘kahvalti’, literally means ‘before coffee’, and the word for brown ‘kahverengi’ means coffee coloured. Steeped in lore and rich history, Turkish coffee is far more than a morning drink, it’s full of tradition that’s been carried down through the ages from ancestor to ancestor. In fact, Turkish coffee is so unique that it was inscribed to Unesco’s Intangible Culture Heritage List in 2013, due to the unique practices that goes into the preparation and presentation