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Turkish coffee reading is a practice for interpreting residual coffee grounds in the cup and on the saucer. It started in Turkey in the 16th century.Nowadays, tasseography (or tasseomancy) is the academic term for Turkish coffee fortune telling.This type of coffee leaves thick, muddy sediment at the bottom of the cup.
If you swirl the cup and turn it upside down then the grounds will fall down. Consequently, they will leave some patterns on the surface of the cup. Of course, there are a lot of people who believe in coffee cup reading. The images and shapes created in the coffee ground have predictable future happening meanings. Coffee grounds’ meaning became available after decoding certain shapes that people started seeing in their cups. An expert Turkish coffee fortune teller can see special icons that either suggest symbols or they relate to certain events. Turkish coffee reading is very popular in Turkey and Greece. In addition to them you can also find it in the Arab world, Russia and Middle East countries. |
What they say? - Townsville Bulletin - 03.07.2008June 10, 2009 at 7:16am
SOME restaurants have happy hours, some wine tastings, some glorious waitresses, some a view. But now, one has a fortune teller _ one that reads the dregs of your coffee. And what makes it worse, he was spot on, well pretty close. Too close! At Osmans the other night my guest wanted to have her coffee read. Ali proceeded to tell of the future in a most wonderful way. He was superb. whether it be a fluke or mystical awareness, he amazed me. Now for beer froth readings (for winning gold blotto), fish and chip paper readings, bread crumbs. Thanks mate, it was fun. The bit about five kids may not happen though! |
http://www.maryannmoore.ca/a-turkish-coffee-reading/
Tasseography is the term given to coffee readings. Tasse from the French word for cup which is derived from the similar Arabic word tassa, and the Greek suffix – graph (writing). Ali learned the art of coffee reading from his grandmother beginning when he was five years old. He’s from Kadikoy, a district in Istanbul that is on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus. The shapes of the coffee grounds inside the cup and in the saucer each have a meaning. There was a key which means a move and there will be more room than I expected – presumably in the new place we’ll eventually move to. A slipper means the comfort of home and a vacation not far from home. My future will be more relaxing and fun. That’s what I’ve been planning! There was a piano, a heart, a ship, the letter M, and a big book. The shipindicates a cruise (I am going to Vancouver!) and lengthy travel to a place where I will have the best time ever. M can mean more of a connection with someone whose name begins with the letter M. And it can mean loving myself as my name begins with M. The big book refers to a book that is different from what I usually read, learning something and practicing whatever that is. (Ali mentioned Reiki as an example which is pretty nifty as I definitely value “energy work.” |
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