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RusskiCanadian23
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 Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:58 am Post subject: Re: Starbuck's in Russia |
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I thought Starbucks was a Canadian company??? That means Russians will be Canadianized! 
Or is that Tim Hortons that's Canadian? Hmm... |
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Daria
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| Zach10791 wrote: | You are suppose to just drink the liquid and leave the grounds at the bottom of the cup when you are finished. If you are lucky enough to be drinking your Turkish coffee at a cafe in Istanbul, then maybe a fortune teller will come up to you and read your "grounds" and tell you about your future.  |
We used to do it after school. What a great time. Girls get together, chat, drink coffee....I miss it.  |
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Daria
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:04 am Post subject: Re: Starbuck's in Russia |
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| RusskiCanadian23 wrote: | I thought Starbucks was a Canadian company??? That means Russians will be Canadianized!
Or is that Tim Hortons that's Canadian? Hmm... |
By the way, first Starbucks was opend in Seattle, Washington. The second shop was opend in Vancouver, BC. |
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Zach10791
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 4:16 am Post subject: Re: Starbuck's in Russia |
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| RusskiCanadian23 wrote: | | Or is that Tim Hortons that's Canadian? Hmm... |
I had Tim Horton's coffee while in Canada last fall. It's soooo good. Is it true they put nicotine in the coffee to make people crave it or is that just an urban legend? I don't care either way, it's so good! |
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surfguy
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| MrSpice wrote: | | Russians have always liked coffee - both black and with milk. And now, there are lots of coffee shops where a huge variety of pastries, desserts and various coffee drinks - from capuccino to espresso. There are many more places in Moscow and ST Petersburg where one can have great sweets with coffee than in a typical American city. |
yes I too went to a couple in St Pete |
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StephenB.
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Zach.....I went to Strumica, Novo Selo, Skopje, Ohrid, Bansko, Prilep, Star Dorjan and Struga...visited some amazing monasteries from the 9th and 10th centuries. The Macedonian people are very friendly and willing to help out anyone. Yes, their culture does have some remants of Turkish background such as, burek (stuffed pies) and of course the ubiquitious Turkish coffee. The Serbs and Albanians are really not liked by the Macedonians...just like any ethnic group they have jokes about Serbs and Albanians. There is a huge population of Gypies too both Muslim and Eastern Orthodox, nevertheless, they are left alone and really don't bother people that much...except begging in the streets of Skopje but everywhere else in Macedonia the gypies are working in the fields and have jobs. The smaller towns are the best...the means of transportation is a mule and cart or a tractor. I made the mistake of saying to some Macedonians.."your music sounds very Turkish"...they responded "no, no, no, it's very Byzantine". LOL  |
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jo-jo-7
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Daria wrote: | | Zach10791 wrote: | | You are suppose to just drink the liquid and leave the grounds at the bottom of the cup when you are finished. If you are lucky enough to be drinking your Turkish coffee at a cafe in Istanbul, then maybe a fortune teller will come up to you and read your "grounds" and tell you about your future. |
We used to do it after school. What a great time. Girls get together, chat, drink coffee....I miss it. |
Hey, when I come to Canada we can go for coffee...bring the kids...we can give them something sweet to eat and we can chat for awhile. |
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jo-jo-7
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| Zach10791 wrote: | | Yuri's Girl wrote: | | Zach10791 wrote: | Турецкий кофе, my favorite!  Nothing like a good cup of coffee that has the consistence of sledge. |
The sludge at the bottom, are you supposed to spoon it up or just drink the liquid?
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You are suppose to just drink the liquid and leave the grounds at the bottom of the cup when you are finished. If you are lucky enough to be drinking your Turkish coffee at a cafe in Istanbul, then maybe a fortune teller will come up to you and read your "grounds" and tell you about your future. |
See, I cannot drink coffee with grounds in it. If I see one tiny ground in my coffee then I pour it out and start over. It is like gristle in your chicken to me. I hit that gristle and that is it, no more chicken. It is the texture of the grounds that I hate. When you drink something that is suppose to be smooth then all of a sudden you get something in your mouth gritty, it is a gagger. The texture change can gross me out. I feel like I swallowed a bug...blak, blak....  |
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Zach10791
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| Turkish coffee has an aquired taste and texture. Perhaps you should drink tea while in Russia...or track down a coffeehouse that doesn't serve Turkish style coffee. It shouldn't be hard to find one. |
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surfguy
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| getting good coffee in russia is not a problem...but now costa rican coffee is good too |
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Zach10791
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| StephenB. wrote: | | Zach.....I went to Strumica, Novo Selo, Skopje, Ohrid, Bansko, Prilep, Star Dorjan and Struga...visited some amazing monasteries from the 9th and 10th centuries. The Macedonian people are very friendly and willing to help out anyone. Yes, their culture does have some remants of Turkish background such as, burek (stuffed pies) and of course the ubiquitious Turkish coffee. The Serbs and Albanians are really not liked by the Macedonians...just like any ethnic group they have jokes about Serbs and Albanians. There is a huge population of Gypies too both Muslim and Eastern Orthodox, nevertheless, they are left alone and really don't bother people that much...except begging in the streets of Skopje but everywhere else in Macedonia the gypies are working in the fields and have jobs. The smaller towns are the best...the means of transportation is a mule and cart or a tractor. I made the mistake of saying to some Macedonians.."your music sounds very Turkish"...they responded "no, no, no, it's very Byzantine". LOL |
Wow! Awesome! I have heard of all of those places. You are very lucky to have went there. I have befriended a few Bosnian people who own a restaurant/grocery story in my town. Bosnia has a lot of Turkish influence too.
I love burek. It's quickly becoming my favorite food. I don't like the cheese burek. I think it's BLAND. I prefer the beef variety. Did you try Cevapi while in Macedonia? I think its called kebapi in Macedonian.
Hahaha! When I heard Bosnian music for the first time, I thought the same thing. I like music from the Balkans (Hari Mata Hari and Zeljko Joksimovic are my favorites) but I LOVE Turkish music. They have so many talented performers and I love the Eastern influences in their music. I just purchased the CD of a Turkish rock group called Athena. Blew my mind. While my understanding of the lyrics is limited (I can only speak a little Turkish), the sound is amazing.
God, I can't wait to go to the Balkans. Have you been anywhere else in the region? |
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surfguy
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| Croatia and Montenegro are supposed to be awesome...as is the Dalmation Coast |
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Zach10791
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Ah yes, they look awesome in photographs. I want to go to a city in Bosnia called Mostar to the Stari Most (Old Bridge):
It's a famed landmark in Bosnia. It was built during Ottoman times and destroyed during the Bosnian War, it was then restored to its original glory after the war.
So tell me about your trip to Iran. Where in the country did you go? Tehran? |
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surfguy
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| well the people there are so friendly! Went to Shiraz, Tehran, Ishfahan...best 5 star hotel I've ever been in...best haircut...beautiful people |
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Zach10791
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I'm very curious about Iran and the way they live in Iran. I found this great little website called TehranDaily, that posts a new picture of Tehran everyday.
www.tehrandaily.wordpress.com
It's great you went there...I thought Americans were unable to enter Iran, just like Israelis. What year did you go? |
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