The First-Timer · Ece · Istanbul
Mandabatmaz
A real Turkish coffee is a first-timer must and most tourist cafés botch it. This closet-sized place is where I send you instead.
A tiny hole-in-the-wall off İstiklal serving what many call the thickest, best Turkish coffee in the city.
— Ece, The First-Timer
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