History of coffee

Here is the thing nobody tells you over your morning cup: coffee is a fruit. A literal, grows-on-a-tree, bright-red fruit. That dark roasted bean you grind every morning started its life as a glossy little berry called a coffee cherry, …

Turkish coffee is one of the few coffees on Earth where you don’t filter anything out. No paper, no metal mesh, no plunger. You grind the beans to dust, simmer them low and slow in a little long-handled pot, and …