It's no secret that I have a pretty substantial caffeine addiction. Stateside that means black coffee. Here, that means çay. Çay (Turkish tea) is everywhere here. It's cheap, it's free after most meals, it's good and you always drink it with sugar and not milk. I drink about 3-4 cups of çay a day. Nonetheless, I occasionally get a craving for a cup of coffee. This is where I become conflicted. I can go to the Dunkin' Donuts on campus and get a regular drip coffee, but I don't really like their coffee. Beggars can't be choosers tho, right? Still, Dunkin' always gives you coffee with milk. It ends up being half coffee, half milk. In other words, not coffee.
What about Turkish coffee you may ask... Don't get me wrong, I like Türk kahvesi, however it's similar to espresso in my book. It's a treat, not an everyday drink.
That leaves me with one option: Nescafe. I've attempted to make myself like Nescafe several times. Fail on all accounts. It tastes like burnt Folger's. As I write this, I am drinking a cup of Nescafe Gold (supposedly better than standard Nescafe). I think I'm going to stick to çay from now on.
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