. . . but take from it the resilience of mankind. Even though you take much for granted, life can be upended anywhere in the world. Look what COVID has done to the western world. Notice how storms displace families all over the US and not everyone makes a complete comeback or recovery. Still, they persist trying to bring civility to uncertainty, chaos and in want. For many, a cup of coffee can bring that bit of momentary reprieve.
Todd Power you do know that "woke" is a reverse shibboleth? (I'll pause here while you look up what it means). Reasonable people hear the word and can instantly identify the speaker as a reactionary or misogynist. And a massive bell end
Every culture has a relative taste for things. In different cultures than yours, there are sacred things that you will never like, and they don't understand why you don't like them. Ask for a drink called 'erk sous' or licorice; even within the same culture, opinions are divided on it. Another example is that I can't withstand the taste of Christmas cake, although its main ingredient, raisins, is very common in Middle Eastern culture.
But honestly, using instant coffee is not a known habit among Syrians. As mentioned in the video, we used to grind our coffee every day very finely with stone mill grinders and slightly boil the coffee with cardamom and mastic gum over a fire stove, giving it an Eastern Silk Road vibe. The use of instant coffee was due to the poor economy caused by the war and will end when the consequences of war end”
@@yarenguney6410 No but it's a Muslim country built on islamic values . Study the ottoman empire . Turkey wouldn't exist without islam and that's a historical FACT . So you should stop being so naive and stupid Turkey is a Muslim country and all muslims should be allowed in if they need help.
As an i arab i think we are stupidly fragile and get offended easily without thinking ! Like turkey’s economy was built by turks and it is NEAR good enough for all of them since some turks are unemployed !! So when a ton of syrians come in i think they got the every right to be mad.. allah give every people in the world a country and brains and hands and every one should work hard on building his own .
@@kubraakyol3842 Suriye'li göçmenlerin, İstanbul'da oluşturdukları yeni kahve kültürü. Yalnız İstanbul'da oluşan bu kültür, normalde içtikleri kahveye benzemiyor. İstanbul şartlarında doğmuş yeni bir kahve deneyimi onlar için de
@@sam0233 Merhaba Sam, yazdığın için teşekkürler. Yani Suriye'de espresso satanlar vardı diyorsun? Peki onlar da bu videoda anlatıldığı gibi sokakta mı satış yapıyorlardı? Bir de burada anlatıldığı gibi içine instant kahve koyulan bir kahve mi dediğin? Şimdi senin dediğinin üzerine merak ettim, acaba röportaj yapanların verdiği bilgide mi hata var yoksa çevirisinde mi? Yoksa belkı bu videodaki kişilerin senin anlattığın espresso kültüründen haberleri yoktur? (bölgesel farklılık vs.)
This is so fascinating but so sad at the same time. Syria looked like such a beautiful place before the war and I can’t begin to imagine how it feels to have been uprooted by everything that’s happened.
Being a Syrian and an owner of a US-based Turkish coffee brand ( Saba Coffee), this video touched me profoundly and Informed me at the same time. Thank you, James and Doruk, for this outstanding piece of work.
As a Turkish person, I had no idea that there is a Syrian espresso culture in Turkey. “People just didn’t give up on their coffee” Great job Doruk Can!
I've really enjoyed these series but I think this has been the most enlightening to me. I especially appreciated how @10:25 he says that coffee taste is relative. I think this should be the heart of the coffee culture. Often times, in the western world, we scrutinize over the best gear, the best ratio to the point where it gets elitist. I know that can be a joy in itself but too often I see people gate keeping this awesome hobby and lifestyle.
Thanks so much for this insightful, enjoyable and very human documentary. I hadn't heard the stats before on the huge quantities of refugees as proportion of Syria and Turkey's populations, that's eye opening 😯
The beige color is simply the attention grabber, apart from the story itself which is very powerful, narrative so beautifully. Thank you for bringing it to me!
All of these videos have been excellent, including this one. It is great to see the refugee crisis in Turkey discussed by the people experiencing it on a big platform like this.
Johnny Harris thinks corporations can save capitalism and reduce the obscene amounts of inequality we have, in many cases leading to situations you’ve seen in this video. While half the food humans produce goes to waste in order to maintain profits. Or, he doesn’t *really* believe that, but he says it because he’s paid by WEF to do so. Which one is worse, I don’t know.
By far the best one of these so far. The content in all of them has been good but the presentation is what really makes this one shine. The audio quality could have been better and the peoples names and descriptions could have been bigger and on screen longer. But all of that was a non-issue because I didn't feel like I was being read a blog post. How you deliver your content is as important if not more important than the quality of what you're delivering.
Well produced! But I have to note that this video is far from presenting a clear picture of coffee culture in Turkey. Since it is the first video about Turkey I’d expect a wider coverage (as a turkish citizen).
You have stated my thoughts perfectly and succinctly! After a very informative video about Indian coffee methods and sensory culture, this video feels more like a haphazard take on the issue. I think this is linked with the fact that unlike other guest creators, Doruk is not immersed in the subject matter and provides limited research and experience with great cinematography
I feel you are kind of missing the point here. As I understand it, the video isn’t even supposed to be about coffee culture in Turkey, it’s specifically about a new Syrian coffee culture that happens to have started in Turkey. A video about Turkish coffee culture in general would be very interesting for sure, but at least to me it sounds like a different story than this one.
@@sebastiandjupsjobacka3987 i understand it but how can you provide a clear picture if you don't show what is already there? This can be misleading about Turkey for many people. You can't isolate migration issues, politics and even coffee by their own. These matters are very open to interaction. How did Syrians have access to espresso machines? Because for the last 20 years there is a growing interest on coffee culture in Turkey. and let me tell you my friend, access to specialty coffee in Turkey is much easier than many european countries. I have visited Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and thats my conclusion. But in the video you can't hear or see anything about it and at the end of the day we all know that this video is about Turkey.
@@Kahvetrip I agree. To me, it would be better to start with a video on overall coffee culture in Turkey. I'm sure that so many foreigners now think that coffee culture is very narrow and undeveloped in Turkey which is not. I hope there will be a video with a wider perspective about coffee culture in Turkey.
I think it's because the Turkish coffee culture is generally much weaker than in other countries. That's why the video emphasizes the origins of "Turkish" coffee as coming from the Arab world. As a Bosnian who comes from a very strong coffee culture, I struggled finding the same level of culture when I visited Istanbul because Turkish tea culture is so much bigger there. There were more Starbucks than places with Turkish coffee (at least compared to Sarajevo where we live on coffee) so I resorted to drinking tea all the time.
How do you feel about the guest speaker saying that you just boil the coffee? My (female) Turkish friends have shall we say, strong opinions lol, on this subject, and none of them would just boil and serve.
@@emreo7123 Arabs beef isn't with the ottomans like you were taught/lied to in schools, you will find most arabs hold a very positive views on Abdul Hamid sultan, but very negative views on nationalistic movements that subjugated arabs and other ethnicities to injustice, the young turks (İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) have blood all over their hands in areas of modern day Syria and Iraq, just google Ahmed Djemal Pasha and read about him, arabs call him Jamal the butcher, those kind of movements are to blame for the resentment and animosity created. It's easy to have a simplistic black and white understanding of issues but it'll serve you nothing. and to think that the war in syria is between a population and a dictator is also a shallow understanding of reality, what's happening in syria is close to a mini world war with all these actors and proxies fighting over their interests in the country. p.s. read in what light the Armenians were called loyal millet/nation! arabs were truly the last ottoman population to be infected with the disease of nationalism and it was a reaction to the turkish nationalism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_nationalism_in_the_Ottoman_Empire#Arabs
it does not matter who did what first. The Ottoman Empire collapsed because the arab turned into facists that belived it was there birthright to have monopoli in the middle east. The Ottoman gave the arabs peace for over 700 years. If turks wanted a new nationalistic ideology they would have done that from the begining not 700 years after and even if you where right how was it the ottomans fault if some hooligans who that did not represent turkey and its ottoman goverment, killed arabs that could afterwards justify rebbeling against the Ottomans and not against the holigans? Today turkey is a country not a multicultiral nation as the Ottoman Empire was, but over 4 million syrians choise to flee to turkey when an arab non-turkish dictator start a rampage. If turkey under the ottoman rule was governed by hooligans that killed arabs despite being multicultural why is then better now since 4 million dares to flee when a non-turkish arab dictator goes on a rampage? Because facism has never exsisted under the Ottoman rule and in modern day Turkey. Again they choise to rebel because they think it is arabs birthright to have monopoli in the middle east and now they have to deal with terrorism and dictatorship that did not suffer under the ottoman rule. 700 years today they can not even enyoy 10 years.
James, I love these looks into coffee in other countries. I know initially this is/was a Tom Scott-like month off. But maybe once every so often you get someone to tell us about regional coffee we don't get exposed to in our day to day lives.
Amazing content!! Thoroughly enjoyed this one. I’ve had many Syrian neighbors and they would never let me go without having their absolutely unique and delicious coffee. It was their culture and pride. After praising their coffee, they’d gift me a bag. Hope peace and stability returns to Syria.
I think this might be slightly a biased video in terms of investigating the birth of espresso in Turkey. I’m Turkish and I live in capitol. There has been an economic crisis going on in Turkey for years now. The Turkish currency has been loosing value for years so companies and public sector offer increasingly worse job opportunities each year. So many people with a little to invest started opening coffee shops which also provided domains for youth to socialize as alcohol prices are going up. To sum up as the money dries up bars/restaurants and clubs has become an harder to reach for youth to socialize and many jobless Turkish people also found out about this as an opportunity and voila! Now Turkey smells like espresso at its most of the crowded areas. This is the reason I find this video a little bit biased. I think Syrian people who live in Turkey just struggle and try to imitate what they see around with combining their culture but this has nothing to do with the coffee culture of average Turkish people. Thank you for reading.
Amazing reporting. I never knew the coffee origin story and how that is now connected to current global affairs. I deeply appreciate having the opportunity to watch this video.
Lived in Istanbul for a year, started drinking coffee there particularly the turkish coffee. Had my first Starbucks there too. Fast forward a few years later, I now can't live a day without coffee.
This was awesome!! You get history of coffee from Syrian to Turkish. To facts on the issues around Syrian refugees. This was really well done. I want to support this.
Yet again another amazing video. Not only do these videos expose us to a wider knowledge of coffee but they also bring awareness to different global issues. I’m absolutely in love with this series.
As much as I love coffee, I'm also intrigued by how coffee has been a large part in the development of the world's culture, history and commerce. From how coffee was spread through diplomacy, conquests and colonialism, to how the consumer/industrial revolution resulted in the first wave of coffee, which eventually evolved into the era of specialty coffee as we know today. How humans adapt to difficult times without forgetting their cultures and lifestyles is what makes this topic especially inspiring and interesting. Great work, Doruk, this was exactly what I wanted to see. Keep it up!
Great vid........we become lost in the coffee too often and forget the humanity behind it. Love that coffee is a foundation element in all of our cultures,, a common platform that we can all understand. ☕️
February has been so much fun with all of these super educational and interesting videos you are hosting on the channel James! Thank you for giving all these people a chance to showcase some of what they care about. I hope you will do something similar again next year.
Başka bir ülkede yaşamak zorunda kalan insanların herşeye rağmen hayatın keyifli tarafında da olmasını görünür hale getirerek yaşamı destekleyen ve cesaretlendiren çalışmanızı çok sevdim
wonderfull! very interesting what incredible things come to live when cultures merge. Reminds me of how Döner Kebab didn’t come to existence in turkey at first but in the Turkish communities in Germany. James, you’re really giving us something very special here with these videos.
Authentic, accurate, profound and comprehensive video. Great work @Doruk & Team 🙏🏻. Thank you @James Hoffmann for providing your unique channel as a stage ❤
Wow, had a bachelors degree and wanted to start his masters abroad, but now he can pretty much throw away his life plans and has to work on the street. And he is one of the lucky ones... heartbreaking
This might not be the end, just a shortcut. Tough times don't last forever. Funded with the profits he makes from this, he may well again study overseas. But instead of just a degree he'll also have solid business experience. Nothing can stop somebody who's educated and determined.
I'm Syrian from Latakia city. Street coffee shops are very popular in Latakia city but the big espresso machines are very rare (because they are very expensive). The popular form of cafe is the cafe that the man in 3:14 make. Most street shops sell the cafe in big thermoses. Some still sell the cafe in the traditional copper jugs (like the man at 3:14 has). Sellers put small burning coals in small chamber at the bottom of those jugs to keep the coffee warm. Small espresso machines started to become more popular before the war but not anymore because of the economical crisis in syria now. also the electricity come one hour every 5 hours.
This was super interesting and well produced. A fantastic little documentary! James made a really good decision bringing you here, so I thank him and I wish you success. Thank you!
Still coming back, I enjoy the hell out of these few videos, please host more. I want to hear more people talk about traditional coffee, and I love the difference in structure and pacing
When the masters student said he would get to the top of the ladder I believed him. He said it with so much conviction and belief. So much resilience and strength in refugees we should be fighting to get them into our workforce.
If only we could spend more time talking, preparing coffee and drinking it instead of fighting... if only there was coffee diplomacy and understanding as the core to unite the world. While wishful thinking that may be very difficult for some to grasp, having someone like James Hoffmann finding these little video gems of enlightenment and sharing his coffee expertise, sure go a long way in helping. Thank you James!
Great content! My friend and I were questioning about Syrian people's espresso culture, if you are in a Syrian neighborhood in Turkey it is ubiquitous, can see the espresso machines in almost every single Syrian merchant. I have tried it couple of times, they are strangely cheap but tasty. Furthermore I was wondering why they add instant coffee on it, now got the answer.
This might have settled the feud in the Balkan Region over who developed this type of traditional coffee first. AND they are not even from the Balkans 😂 P.S. It is very interesting to watch a video on such a thing as coffee, but through the eyes and culture of people in such dire situations. What James is doing with his channel has been amazing, and more people should follow his steps P.S. (2) If we all make a one-time PayPal donation in the price of a coffee, we might actually make a difference in bulk. As a Greek, who has been at the hotspots, I urge you to consider it 🙏🏼
This is a wonderful video. I would LOVE a Turkish coffee tutorial with your clarity and expertise. I cannot get it right from any one of the instructions I have found. And I have tried. Oh I have tried. pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease
i saw a coffee shop in mersin turkey in march 2020. a syrian refugee was making espresso shots for 1 turkish lira each ( 14 cent usd). in 2021 one cup(tall) starbucks coffee price is 15-20 turkish lira (2 -3 dollars) in turkey. for 14 cent their coffee was extra ordinary.
I visited Istanbul in 1984 and remember meeting some Syrians who were refugees even then but couldn't leave because they were "undocumented"; didn't have a passport. That country has been suffering for decades. The destruction of Aleppo breaks my heart as I always hoped to visit but of course, the destruction of live is far more devastating. This was great coffee content highlighting a resilient culture.
I am reminded of growing up in Galway, Ireland. During the summer there were a number of places you could get a ice cream cone. The best "99" available in the city was at the window on the sidewalk at the front of Star Records. Where I live now there is also a lot of ice cream. But it is usually from specialty ice cream shops. I kind of miss buying my ice cream from a record store.
it makes it about 2.5 liras which makes it almost a quarter of what starbucks charges (often the cheapest) and a little over a one serve instant coffee. the price really is incredible.
What fraction of an hour's minimum wage is that? To someone making $50 an hour, a $5 espresso "costs" a lot less than a 30¢ cup does to a man making $1.50
@@lizcademy4809 that's a great point. It's about 1/1000 of monthly minimum here in turkey. (tho they didn't mention the actual price in liras I am going off of 30 cents) I compared it to Starbucks espresso price to reason what it would cost in a cafe
ngl the story of the guy who used his masters money to buy the machine broke my heart, I take so much stuff for granted
There are tens of thousands just like him. We ask God for help.
yep. where you end up in life is really a function of forces much much larger than "did you work hard" or "did you go to school".
. . . but take from it the resilience of mankind. Even though you take much for granted, life can be upended anywhere in the world. Look what COVID has done to the western world. Notice how storms displace families all over the US and not everyone makes a complete comeback or recovery. Still, they persist trying to bring civility to uncertainty, chaos and in want. For many, a cup of coffee can bring that bit of momentary reprieve.
It was a strange feeling listening to that part while drinking coffee with my masters degree in finance.
Todd Power you do know that "woke" is a reverse shibboleth? (I'll pause here while you look up what it means). Reasonable people hear the word and can instantly identify the speaker as a reactionary or misogynist. And a massive bell end
You know I always enjoy James’ content-but this episode made me feel enriched after having watched it. Very well done, thank you.
We need a Hoffmann tasting of Syrian un-tamped espresso with instant coffee
with a cardamom (هال) 🤮
nightmare for him.
Every culture has a relative taste for things. In different cultures than yours, there are sacred things that you will never like, and they don't understand why you don't like them. Ask for a drink called 'erk sous' or licorice; even within the same culture, opinions are divided on it. Another example is that I can't withstand the taste of Christmas cake, although its main ingredient, raisins, is very common in Middle Eastern culture.
But honestly, using instant coffee is not a known habit among Syrians. As mentioned in the video, we used to grind our coffee every day very finely with stone mill grinders and slightly boil the coffee with cardamom and mastic gum over a fire stove, giving it an Eastern Silk Road vibe. The use of instant coffee was due to the poor economy caused by the war and will end when the consequences of war end”
I could see James doing a Bourdain-style travel show focused on coffee. I'd watch every episode.
As a Syrian, coffee lover, and a huge fan of your content, thank you for bringing this to the public eye!
now go back to Syria, No Turkish wants Syrians in their country
@Sofiane Gharbi no it is not lol you are everywhere TURKEY IS NOT AN ARAB COUNTRY.
@@yarenguney6410 No but it's a Muslim country built on islamic values . Study the ottoman empire . Turkey wouldn't exist without islam and that's a historical FACT . So you should stop being so naive and stupid Turkey is a Muslim country and all muslims should be allowed in if they need help.
@@davoufoods4144 Turkey isnt muslim. Turkish muslims are secular. And young generation of Turks become non religious
As an i arab i think we are stupidly fragile and get offended easily without thinking ! Like turkey’s economy was built by turks and it is NEAR good enough for all of them since some turks are unemployed !! So when a ton of syrians come in i think they got the every right to be mad.. allah give every people in the world a country and brains and hands and every one should work hard on building his own .
As a Turkish person who has been living in Istanbul for their entire life, I never knew about this stuff. Keep up the great content!
Videoda ne anlatılıyor
@@kubraakyol3842 Suriye'li göçmenlerin, İstanbul'da oluşturdukları yeni kahve kültürü. Yalnız İstanbul'da oluşan bu kültür, normalde içtikleri kahveye benzemiyor. İstanbul şartlarında doğmuş yeni bir kahve deneyimi onlar için de
I did not know about the mirra! Need to try it sometime.
@@elif-5349 me neither! I always thought it was some sort of a sherbet, or a concentrated fruit juice
@@sam0233 Merhaba Sam, yazdığın için teşekkürler. Yani Suriye'de espresso satanlar vardı diyorsun? Peki onlar da bu videoda anlatıldığı gibi sokakta mı satış yapıyorlardı? Bir de burada anlatıldığı gibi içine instant kahve koyulan bir kahve mi dediğin? Şimdi senin dediğinin üzerine merak ettim, acaba röportaj yapanların verdiği bilgide mi hata var yoksa çevirisinde mi? Yoksa belkı bu videodaki kişilerin senin anlattığın espresso kültüründen haberleri yoktur? (bölgesel farklılık vs.)
This is so fascinating but so sad at the same time. Syria looked like such a beautiful place before the war and I can’t begin to imagine how it feels to have been uprooted by everything that’s happened.
At least they finally have usa funded democracy at Idlib now....
“A shot can be pulled in under 30 seconds” he says as I spend an entire minute weighing my beans
😂😂
I mean 18.1gm IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH GOTTA MAKE IT 18.0!
@@rajrishiparmar1362 i just assume im gonna drop .1gm trying to get it in the portafilter XD
Did you see? You can make it up with instant later?! 😳🤯
+ flushing the group head + RDT + grinding + WDT + leveling + tamping 🙇🏽♂️
Being a Syrian and an owner of a US-based Turkish coffee brand ( Saba Coffee), this video touched me profoundly and Informed me at the same time. Thank you, James and Doruk, for this outstanding piece of work.
As a Turkish person, I had no idea that there is a Syrian espresso culture in Turkey.
“People just didn’t give up on their coffee”
Great job Doruk Can!
Wonderful reporting! Only a true coffee nerd could join the dots between a civil war and coffee! Chapeau, sir! I love it!
With you here
I've really enjoyed these series but I think this has been the most enlightening to me. I especially appreciated how @10:25 he says that coffee taste is relative. I think this should be the heart of the coffee culture. Often times, in the western world, we scrutinize over the best gear, the best ratio to the point where it gets elitist. I know that can be a joy in itself but too often I see people gate keeping this awesome hobby and lifestyle.
Love the series, learning history of coffee in all parts of the world
A coffee perspective on the Syrian humanitarian crisis, fantastic! Thanks so much to Dorukc Kaya and James Hoffmann!
It‘s a heartwarming thing: “people just didn’t give up their coffee”. Great video!
Really appreciating the content that's been recently going up, love seeing this platform used to bring up others.
Thanks so much for this insightful, enjoyable and very human documentary. I hadn't heard the stats before on the huge quantities of refugees as proportion of Syria and Turkey's populations, that's eye opening 😯
The beige color is simply the attention grabber, apart from the story itself which is very powerful, narrative so beautifully. Thank you for bringing it to me!
i love that he's using his platform to bring more awareness to non-western cultures. Love these, James.
All of these videos have been excellent, including this one. It is great to see the refugee crisis in Turkey discussed by the people experiencing it on a big platform like this.
Love to see some quality content from my country on James Hoffman's channel! Keep up the good work!
I didn't read the notification and was expecting a Johnny Harris upload. But this is just as good
and pleasantly surprised it wasn't the new usual Johnny.
Definitely felt like Johny Harris talking about coffee and the refugee crisis
Same
Yep i thought this thumbnail is belong to jhonny, but it is not :v
Johnny Harris thinks corporations can save capitalism and reduce the obscene amounts of inequality we have, in many cases leading to situations you’ve seen in this video. While half the food humans produce goes to waste in order to maintain profits.
Or, he doesn’t *really* believe that, but he says it because he’s paid by WEF to do so.
Which one is worse, I don’t know.
What a fascinating story. I love this channel, I love this format. Thank you both Doruk and James, you are awesome!
By far the best one of these so far.
The content in all of them has been good but the presentation is what really makes this one shine.
The audio quality could have been better and the peoples names and descriptions could have been bigger and on screen longer. But all of that was a non-issue because I didn't feel like I was being read a blog post.
How you deliver your content is as important if not more important than the quality of what you're delivering.
Well produced! But I have to note that this video is far from presenting a clear picture of coffee culture in Turkey. Since it is the first video about Turkey I’d expect a wider coverage (as a turkish citizen).
You have stated my thoughts perfectly and succinctly! After a very informative video about Indian coffee methods and sensory culture, this video feels more like a haphazard take on the issue. I think this is linked with the fact that unlike other guest creators, Doruk is not immersed in the subject matter and provides limited research and experience with great cinematography
I feel you are kind of missing the point here. As I understand it, the video isn’t even supposed to be about coffee culture in Turkey, it’s specifically about a new Syrian coffee culture that happens to have started in Turkey. A video about Turkish coffee culture in general would be very interesting for sure, but at least to me it sounds like a different story than this one.
@@sebastiandjupsjobacka3987 i understand it but how can you provide a clear picture if you don't show what is already there? This can be misleading about Turkey for many people. You can't isolate migration issues, politics and even coffee by their own. These matters are very open to interaction. How did Syrians have access to espresso machines? Because for the last 20 years there is a growing interest on coffee culture in Turkey. and let me tell you my friend, access to specialty coffee in Turkey is much easier than many european countries. I have visited Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and thats my conclusion. But in the video you can't hear or see anything about it and at the end of the day we all know that this video is about Turkey.
@@Kahvetrip I agree. To me, it would be better to start with a video on overall coffee culture in Turkey. I'm sure that so many foreigners now think that coffee culture is very narrow and undeveloped in Turkey which is not. I hope there will be a video with a wider perspective about coffee culture in Turkey.
I think it's because the Turkish coffee culture is generally much weaker than in other countries. That's why the video emphasizes the origins of "Turkish" coffee as coming from the Arab world. As a Bosnian who comes from a very strong coffee culture, I struggled finding the same level of culture when I visited Istanbul because Turkish tea culture is so much bigger there. There were more Starbucks than places with Turkish coffee (at least compared to Sarajevo where we live on coffee) so I resorted to drinking tea all the time.
as someone who's studied turkish/ottoman history and the history of coffee in turkey during my bachelors this was such a treat!
How do you feel about the guest speaker saying that you just boil the coffee? My (female) Turkish friends have shall we say, strong opinions lol, on this subject, and none of them would just boil and serve.
In that case you would know that they rebelled against the Ottomans and know they are coming crying back when they do not know how to fight a dictator
@@emreo7123 Arabs beef isn't with the ottomans like you were taught/lied to in schools, you will find most arabs hold a very positive views on Abdul Hamid sultan, but very negative views on nationalistic movements that subjugated arabs and other ethnicities to injustice, the young turks (İttihad ve Terakki Cemiyeti) have blood all over their hands in areas of modern day Syria and Iraq, just google Ahmed Djemal Pasha and read about him, arabs call him Jamal the butcher, those kind of movements are to blame for the resentment and animosity created. It's easy to have a simplistic black and white understanding of issues but it'll serve you nothing.
and to think that the war in syria is between a population and a dictator is also a shallow understanding of reality, what's happening in syria is close to a mini world war with all these actors and proxies fighting over their interests in the country.
p.s. read in what light the Armenians were called loyal millet/nation!
arabs were truly the last ottoman population to be infected with the disease of nationalism and it was a reaction to the turkish nationalism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_of_nationalism_in_the_Ottoman_Empire#Arabs
it does not matter who did what first. The Ottoman Empire collapsed because the arab turned into facists that belived it was there birthright to have monopoli in the middle east. The Ottoman gave the arabs peace for over 700 years. If turks wanted a new nationalistic ideology they would have done that from the begining not 700 years after and even if you where right how was it the ottomans fault if some hooligans who that did not represent turkey and its ottoman goverment, killed arabs that could afterwards justify rebbeling against the Ottomans and not against the holigans?
Today turkey is a country not a multicultiral nation as the Ottoman Empire was, but over 4 million syrians choise to flee to turkey when an arab non-turkish dictator start a rampage. If turkey under the ottoman rule was governed by hooligans that killed arabs despite being multicultural why is then better now since 4 million dares to flee when a non-turkish arab dictator goes on a rampage? Because facism has never exsisted under the Ottoman rule and in modern day Turkey. Again they choise to rebel because they think it is arabs birthright to have monopoli in the middle east and now they have to deal with terrorism and dictatorship that did not suffer under the ottoman rule. 700 years today they can not even enyoy 10 years.
@@emreo7123 the density and incoherence is beyond a worthwhile discussion so I will stop here. What you have written is just laughable.
Thank you James. Normally I watch for gadget reviews. But this was something unexpected and truly great. I enjoyed this very much.
Nothing but love for this city
Such a refreshing video, a nice departure from the previous one.. well done chap!
Also, I got to say as an Iraqi.. we can very much relate to this!
Never been so early. Superb video as always! I’m loving this mini-documentary format.
James, I love these looks into coffee in other countries. I know initially this is/was a Tom Scott-like month off. But maybe once every so often you get someone to tell us about regional coffee we don't get exposed to in our day to day lives.
Thank you so much James for sharing this. It really means a lot for me as a syrian coffee lover.
Amazing content!! Thoroughly enjoyed this one. I’ve had many Syrian neighbors and they would never let me go without having their absolutely unique and delicious coffee. It was their culture and pride. After praising their coffee, they’d gift me a bag. Hope peace and stability returns to Syria.
This was another amazing video from the guest creators. I really love seeing other perspectives and ways of enjoying this drink that unites us all.
Very cool. Also, I always appreciate when a creator goes the extra mile and creates subtitles for those of us with hard hearing
Best video ever! Thanks James and rest of team for their support to make this happen!
istanbulda olmama ragmen haberim yoktu boyle biseyden :D
Izledigim de ayni seyi dusundum :(
Benim aklıma da araplaşmış halkımız geldi ve bunu yabancı videolarda görmek beni utandırıyor
Buyurun Fatihe bekleriz :D
yoo gayet biliniyor türkler suriyelileri ve arapalrı sevmez bunu her kes biliyor.
@@ataturkcumilitarist5838 evet ya tiskisiniyorum öyle insanlar dan
It’s time Syrians went back to their country and help rebuild it...
The videos this month have been insane James. Thanks for sharing these stories.
Thank you so much for that lovely video. Power to the people of Syria.
This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you James
LOVING these videos! Hope this becomes an annual tradition OR a second YT channel with weekly content like this. Either way I’m all in.
I think this might be slightly a biased video in terms of investigating the birth of espresso in Turkey. I’m Turkish and I live in capitol. There has been an economic crisis going on in Turkey for years now. The Turkish currency has been loosing value for years so companies and public sector offer increasingly worse job opportunities each year. So many people with a little to invest started opening coffee shops which also provided domains for youth to socialize as alcohol prices are going up. To sum up as the money dries up bars/restaurants and clubs has become an harder to reach for youth to socialize and many jobless Turkish people also found out about this as an opportunity and voila! Now Turkey smells like espresso at its most of the crowded areas. This is the reason I find this video a little bit biased. I think Syrian people who live in Turkey just struggle and try to imitate what they see around with combining their culture but this has nothing to do with the coffee culture of average Turkish people. Thank you for reading.
Amazing reporting. I never knew the coffee origin story and how that is now connected to current global affairs. I deeply appreciate having the opportunity to watch this video.
"A lot" of sugar is an understatement wow!
Because saying "fuck tonnes" might demonetise the video? 😂
@@zoeyloco so long as its a metric fuck tonne and not imperial it'd be fine!
Lived in Istanbul for a year, started drinking coffee there particularly the turkish coffee. Had my first Starbucks there too. Fast forward a few years later, I now can't live a day without coffee.
This was awesome!! You get history of coffee from Syrian to Turkish. To facts on the issues around Syrian refugees. This was really well done. I want to support this.
Thank you for sharing your history and culture. I’d love to see more videos that show the specifics of worldwide coffee cultures.
Yet again another amazing video. Not only do these videos expose us to a wider knowledge of coffee but they also bring awareness to different global issues. I’m absolutely in love with this series.
This series with guests is just amazing. Thank you so much!
As much as I love coffee, I'm also intrigued by how coffee has been a large part in the development of the world's culture, history and commerce. From how coffee was spread through diplomacy, conquests and colonialism, to how the consumer/industrial revolution resulted in the first wave of coffee, which eventually evolved into the era of specialty coffee as we know today.
How humans adapt to difficult times without forgetting their cultures and lifestyles is what makes this topic especially inspiring and interesting.
Great work, Doruk, this was exactly what I wanted to see. Keep it up!
Great vid........we become lost in the coffee too often and forget the humanity behind it. Love that coffee is a foundation element in all of our cultures,, a common platform that we can all understand. ☕️
Turkey is hosing 4 million refugees and yet James Hoffman is sharing Greek NGOs to support. Well done James, well done...
Fascinating. Love conent like this and how it continues to shed light on how broad the "coffee enjoyment spectrum" actually is.
February has been so much fun with all of these super educational and interesting videos you are hosting on the channel James! Thank you for giving all these people a chance to showcase some of what they care about. I hope you will do something similar again next year.
Haramidere sanayiyi görmeyi beklediğim son videoydu sanırım
Başka bir ülkede yaşamak zorunda kalan insanların herşeye rağmen hayatın keyifli tarafında da olmasını görünür hale getirerek yaşamı destekleyen ve cesaretlendiren çalışmanızı çok sevdim
I used to dislike February. Not anymore. Thanks James for this 'World Atlas of Coffee' YT edition!
Haha, so true!
Loving this content, using coffee as a medium to show the diversity that we see all around us ❤
This video is awesome! Seeing all these unique and diverse stories about coffee culture around the world is truely refreshing.
İstanbulu öyle bir kamera efektiyle çekmişssinizki sanırsınız cöl rüzgarlarıyla doluyor etraf. (İngilizce bilmiyorum konu kahve sadece onu anladım)
Evet bizi ar*p ülkesi gibi göstermek için elinden geleni yapıyorlar
wonderfull! very interesting what incredible things come to live when cultures merge. Reminds me of how Döner Kebab didn’t come to existence in turkey at first but in the Turkish communities in Germany.
James, you’re really giving us something very special here with these videos.
Authentic, accurate, profound and comprehensive video. Great work @Doruk & Team 🙏🏻. Thank you @James Hoffmann for providing your unique channel as a stage ❤
As a Turk, I hope one day all syrian will return their own countries and live their culture with freedom.
gitseler adamlar kendi ülkeleri için savaşsalar böyle olaylar nefretler olmicak ama nerdee
Görecek miyiz bakalım o günleri?? Nerdeee!!!
Wow, had a bachelors degree and wanted to start his masters abroad, but now he can pretty much throw away his life plans and has to work on the street. And he is one of the lucky ones... heartbreaking
This might not be the end, just a shortcut. Tough times don't last forever. Funded with the profits he makes from this, he may well again study overseas. But instead of just a degree he'll also have solid business experience. Nothing can stop somebody who's educated and determined.
@@kevinm.8682 Amen, brother. I hope that espresso seller wellness and good fortune, for it is really easy to give up hope in such desperate situation
I can't believe I waited a week to watch this. Fascinating video and history lesson.
Thank you both, please keep this series up, I love it!
i`ve been living in Istanbul for over 10 years and i had never saw this portable espresso makers and these Syrians...
last time i went to Istanbul in 2018 i have seen one in
Bağcılar
@@Tritschi Bağcılar..is a very ...special...place
@@R4nd0m1z3r i know i dont recommend anyone to go there
shocked and enjoyed that my friends made a piece for this channel 😍 @Sami @Çınar 👏🏼👏🏼 dope content
wow, great content! thanks James Hoffmann, and tesekkurler Doruk Kaya!
I've been dying for a Turkish coffee vid from you. Its my favorite
A-mazing content. History, culture&refugee crisis...From beginning till the end video was full of enlightenment moments. well done and big applause!!!
Love the diverse content ♥️💕
I would like to watch an episode of James making Turkish coffee!
Thank you, James, for enriching our lives with these wonderful stories.
I'm Syrian from Latakia city. Street coffee shops are very popular in Latakia city but the big espresso machines are very rare (because they are very expensive). The popular form of cafe is the cafe that the man in 3:14 make. Most street shops sell the cafe in big thermoses. Some still sell the cafe in the traditional copper jugs (like the man at 3:14 has). Sellers put small burning coals in small chamber at the bottom of those jugs to keep the coffee warm.
Small espresso machines started to become more popular before the war but not anymore because of the economical crisis in syria now. also the electricity come one hour every 5 hours.
This was super interesting and well produced. A fantastic little documentary! James made a really good decision bringing you here, so I thank him and I wish you success. Thank you!
Still coming back, I enjoy the hell out of these few videos, please host more. I want to hear more people talk about traditional coffee, and I love the difference in structure and pacing
I don't often comment, but this was a super interesting video. Love this kind of content.
Nice of you to share your platform, James. Big props!
When the masters student said he would get to the top of the ladder I believed him. He said it with so much conviction and belief. So much resilience and strength in refugees we should be fighting to get them into our workforce.
I didn't know most of the things you mentioned. Great, illuminating, interesting 👌
If only we could spend more time talking, preparing coffee and drinking it instead of fighting... if only there was coffee diplomacy and understanding as the core to unite the world. While wishful thinking that may be very difficult for some to grasp, having someone like James Hoffmann finding these little video gems of enlightenment and sharing his coffee expertise, sure go a long way in helping. Thank you James!
really really really loving this series.
Great content! My friend and I were questioning about Syrian people's espresso culture, if you are in a Syrian neighborhood in Turkey it is ubiquitous, can see the espresso machines in almost every single Syrian merchant. I have tried it couple of times, they are strangely cheap but tasty. Furthermore I was wondering why they add instant coffee on it, now got the answer.
This might have settled the feud in the Balkan Region over who developed this type of traditional coffee first. AND they are not even from the Balkans 😂
P.S. It is very interesting to watch a video on such a thing as coffee, but through the eyes and culture of people in such dire situations. What James is doing with his channel has been amazing, and more people should follow his steps
P.S. (2) If we all make a one-time PayPal donation in the price of a coffee, we might actually make a difference in bulk. As a Greek, who has been at the hotspots, I urge you to consider it 🙏🏼
Your last point moved me. God bless you bro.
@@abdel-minemmustafa1651 thank you, bro
This was such a good video! This had the quality of something you would see on BBC, PBS, or Vice. Absolutely loved it.
Yine James’in fısıldayarak konuştuğu bie video olacak diye beklerken Türkiye’yle ilgi bir şey çıkması sürpriz oldu.
Thank you for this beautiful video!
This is a wonderful video. I would LOVE a Turkish coffee tutorial with your clarity and expertise. I cannot get it right from any one of the instructions I have found. And I have tried. Oh I have tried. pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease
Doruk kardeşim yine efsane bir iş çıkarmış! Adana'da da böyle işler görmek isteriz. Gelin ağırşayim sizi!!
Choose to give up caffeine for lent, and here I am caught up in the vortex of coffee theme educational entertainment... perfectly splendid!.
That's absolutely amazing content! Thanks a lot for this!
What's missing is an introduction of himself.
i saw a coffee shop in mersin turkey in march 2020. a syrian refugee was making espresso shots for 1 turkish lira each ( 14 cent usd).
in 2021 one cup(tall) starbucks coffee price is 15-20 turkish lira (2 -3 dollars) in turkey. for 14 cent their coffee was extra ordinary.
thanks for putting such an Important Topic under the spotlight, it's accurate and informative!
I visited Istanbul in 1984 and remember meeting some Syrians who were refugees even then but couldn't leave because they were "undocumented"; didn't have a passport. That country has been suffering for decades. The destruction of Aleppo breaks my heart as I always hoped to visit but of course, the destruction of live is far more devastating. This was great coffee content highlighting a resilient culture.
and its getting more harder these days. as a syrian with no paper and bad financial situation i tell you its a mess over here
Nice piece of work. Enjoyed the lecture.
I am reminded of growing up in Galway, Ireland.
During the summer there were a number of places you could get a ice cream cone. The best "99" available in the city was at the window on the sidewalk at the front of Star Records.
Where I live now there is also a lot of ice cream. But it is usually from specialty ice cream shops. I kind of miss buying my ice cream from a record store.
30 cents for an espresso, that's more like it
And I thought coffee was cheap in Portugal..
it makes it about 2.5 liras which makes it almost a quarter of what starbucks charges (often the cheapest) and a little over a one serve instant coffee. the price really is incredible.
. . . but not appropriate everywhere. The cheaper it is, the more you have to sell to make ends meet. Not cool.
What fraction of an hour's minimum wage is that?
To someone making $50 an hour, a $5 espresso "costs" a lot less than a 30¢ cup does to a man making $1.50
@@lizcademy4809 that's a great point. It's about 1/1000 of monthly minimum here in turkey. (tho they didn't mention the actual price in liras I am going off of 30 cents) I compared it to Starbucks espresso price to reason what it would cost in a cafe
I wish this video had Arabic captions. I want to share it with my family members
Yeah that would be great
This is why it sucks so much that UA-cam killed community captions. Videos used to be so much more accessible.