Noble friends, Besides the obvious Wikipedia entry, here are two more brief resources and one not so brief: http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture/cuisine/drinks/coffee/kahve01.html http://www.turkishcoffee.us/articles/ http://eh.net/XIIICongress/cd/papers/64Kafadar16.pdf Kind regards, Mungo Napier, Who is Outraged the Scots Didn't Have Coffee in His Time