Turkish coffee divination： How to work？

Turkish Proverb said, “Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.”Turks love to drink coffee, just like Chaozhou people drink Chaozhou Kung Fu tea every day. People drink it every day.

Moreover, Turkish coffee also has an interesting coffee grounds art, which is that Turkish coffee can also be used for divination. Just make a cup of coffee and you can calculate your fortune today or for the next forty days. Do you think that is very funny?

Turkish Cafe – Everyone is a fortune teller

It is a habit of almost all Turks to drink a cup of coffee in Turkey and divine their fortune for the year. Just like China likes to criticize horoscopes for fortune-telling.

The Art of reading Turkish Coffee fortune telling 

• How to work for Turkish coffee divination

Step 1: When you finish having the coffee, people put the saucer on the cup, then think in your mind, what you want to divination today. For example, ​Will I be rich today?

Step 2: Move it around, and turn it upside down

Step 3: Wait for 10 minutes, and wait until it cools down

Step 4: Open the cup and start divination based on the coffee grounds

Step 5: Read the pattern of grounds

• How to read the Turkish Coffee Grounds

The object of divination can be oneself or others. The side of the coffee cup near the handle represents oneself, and the other side represents relatives and friends. You can also divine the past and future. The bottom of the cup represents the past, the top of the cup represents the future, and the middle part represents the present. Therefore, it is impossible to predict what will happen after forty days.

Turkish according to the patterning of the coffee ground to see your luck. So there are many different shapes for the coffee grounds.

Full moon type: It means that today is an extremely lucky day.

Half-Moon Shape: Today will be a smooth day.

March type: There will be some minor difficulties in work and life. As long as you adjust your mood and let go of the unpleasant things, you can still achieve your goals.

New moon type: It is an extremely unfavorable day. You must be careful in everything and remember to stay calm in situations to avoid being impatient and doing bad things.

Star shape: It may be a blow, a surprise, or something wonderful will happen soon.
Dots: There are health problems.
Cross: There will be obstacles.
Grid shape: Something bad will happen.
Circles, lines, triangles: usually represent good things, but you will face situations that require resourcefulness and luck.

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Q&A

Q1: Before divination, What should we pay attention to?

A: There are 3 tips to attention.

1. The coffee used for divination must be strong Turkish coffee, without adding sugar, milk, or other food.
2. It is best to choose a light-colored tea cup for easy observation. When drinking coffee, you can only hold the coffee cup with your right hand and drink coffee from one side of the Turkish coffee cup. (Click here can see more designs of Turkish coffee cups from YDY Porcelain Factory )
3. Tuesdays and Fridays are best for coffee fortune telling, but not Sundays, festivals, or holidays.

Q2: What does it mean to read coffee grounds?

A: This is a unique divination culture in Turkey. Just like the Chinese can read a little palm, most Turkish people can tell something about the shape of the coffee grounds inside the coffee. So far, there is no monograph on coffee divination that can exhaust the principles, techniques and anecdotes of coffee divination.

Q3:What is Turkish coffee fortune-telling?

A: The difference between Turkish coffee and others is that has thick coffee grounds and can be used for divination. When you finish the coffee, turn it upside down, after it cooled down, according to the patterning of the coffee ground to see your luck.

Q4: Turkish coffee reading is it true?

A： It’s a fun way to explore the world of weird and strange but also fun entertainment.