Coffee philosophy
Couse of the good weather we have here and it only rains a couple of month every year we prefer the cold drinks and cold coffee. What monopolize the preference of the Greek is coffee frappe is. It is French word and means "beaten."
Subsequent comes the fredo Capustino , and since the frappe is unfiltered (which means it is a heavy coffee and in the pass of the years penetrated the stomach of the Greek or make him tremble from nerves ) we drink also fredo caputsino in the last years which even if you see with the eye is an advanced frappe , they look simular
Of course not forget the coffee that is in the dna of the Greek, we call that coffe Turkish or Greek, it is the same thing.
This coffee has an entire process to be built in the traditional way is to make it in the ember, ember is the warm sand that slowly roasts the coffee and do all the kernels to pop! not many places you can find elliniko coffee roasted in a hot ash and most people did not even make this coffe on a pot with fire which is the second best solution and make it up in the machine, the taste more or lessis the same whether in the ember or in the machine but if you want all the flavor only the ember will give it to you .
As soon as you sit in a cafeteria - coffe place - in a little time they will bring you water. In the summer many cafes will bring you a whole jug.
The water abundant flow from the tap, you ll find it everywhere and comes from the lake of Marathon, north east of Athena. All Athena from there is drinking water and all the Athenians drink the same water.
Sinceyou cool down with the water you will order a coffee, I'll suggest a frappe.
So the coffee comes with your straw.
No , dont drink it immediately wait a while .
We must catch the straw and turn it for some time this will mix your coffee better , will give better taste to the coffee and u will appear more Greek or at least not so americanaki !
Usually the foreigners I've noticed they drink the frappe like they drink orange juice they drink it very quickly.
No, this is a big mistake. A coffee frappe, have an average of 45 minutes to be eaten by a Greek.
Throughout the duration of course the Greek smokes, mingles the frappe with the straw and in the end if you add a little water at a good Frappe is finished and shuffle again with the straw you will see that soon became a little more coffe and thats a nice test to c if u got a good frape
The Greek take a long time to finish the frappe and it is something sacred for him . It is the first thing he do in in the morning
In fact a friend of mine made a joke just before the Olympics in 2004 told me to go to the airport and tell the visitors of the Olympic Games that we have room with Greek breakfast and breakfast is
frape and cigarette, because that is the Greek breakfast !
I have shared a flat with many people from all over the world
I say to them in the morning is to drink a frappe first and then to start a conversation couse without frappe usually they talk asleep and slowly or to say better not have the appropriate rythym for that country and here when we wake up we have a frappe drink ~!
The culture of coffee is very important for the Greeks. There are thousands of caffeterias in countless places throughout the city. Depending on the culture and the money you have available there are places to drink your coffee ...many of those late at night they turn into bars and people dance till dawn
Many coffee shops are gathered all in one street in a neighborhood so you sit and watch the passers to pass before you, as we say it here : bride bazzar , enjoy
Coffee philosophy
Couse of the good weather we have here and it only rains a couple of month every year we prefer the cold drinks and cold coffee. What monopolize the preference of the Greek is coffee frappe is. It is French word and means "beaten."
Subsequent comes the fredo Capustino , and since the frappe is unfiltered (which means it is a heavy coffee and in the pass of the years penetrated the stomach of the Greek or make him tremble from nerves ) we drink also fredo caputsino in the last years which even if you see with the eye is an advanced frappe , they look simular
Of course not forget the coffee that is in the dna of the Greek, we call that coffe Turkish or Greek, it is the same thing.
This coffee has an entire process to be built in the traditional way is to make it in the ember, ember is the warm sand that slowly roasts the coffee and do all the kernels to pop! not many places you can find elliniko coffee roasted in a hot ash and most people did not even make this coffe on a pot with fire which is the second best solution and make it up in the machine, the taste more or lessis the same whether in the ember or in the machine but if you want all the flavor only the ember will give it to you .
As soon as you sit in a cafeteria - coffe place - in a little time they will bring you water. In the summer many cafes will bring you a whole jug.
The water abundant flow from the tap, you ll find it everywhere and comes from the lake of Marathon, north east of Athena. All Athena from there is drinking water and all the Athenians drink the same water.
Sinceyou cool down with the water you will order a coffee, I'll suggest a frappe.
So the coffee comes with your straw.
No , dont drink it immediately wait a while .
We must catch the straw and turn it for some time this will mix your coffee better , will give better taste to the coffee and u will appear more Greek or at least not so americanaki !
Usually the foreigners I've noticed they drink the frappe like they drink orange juice they drink it very quickly.
No, this is a big mistake. A coffee frappe, have an average of 45 minutes to be eaten by a Greek.
Throughout the duration of course the Greek smokes, mingles the frappe with the straw and in the end if you add a little water at a good Frappe is finished and shuffle again with the straw you will see that soon became a little more coffe and thats a nice test to c if u got a good frape
The Greek take a long time to finish the frappe and it is something sacred for him . It is the first thing he do in in the morning
In fact a friend of mine made a joke just before the Olympics in 2004 told me to go to the airport and tell the visitors of the Olympic Games that we have room with Greek breakfast and breakfast is
frape and cigarette, because that is the Greek breakfast !
I have shared a flat with many people from all over the world
I say to them in the morning is to drink a frappe first and then to start a conversation couse without frappe usually they talk asleep and slowly or to say better not have the appropriate rythym for that country and here when we wake up we have a frappe drink ~!
The culture of coffee is very important for the Greeks. There are thousands of caffeterias in countless places throughout the city. Depending on the culture and the money you have available there are places to drink your coffee ...many of those late at night they turn into bars and people dance till dawn
Many coffee shops are gathered all in one street in a neighborhood so you sit and watch the passers to pass before you, as we say it here : bride bazzar , enjoy
