What to know about zarfs, the fanciest way to drink coffee

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Zarfs are often associated with coffee drinking in the Ottoman Empire, but many were made in Europe. Coffee is more than just coffee in TurkeyPeople sit at a coffee shop in 2018 in Istanbul. Coffee made its way to what is now Turkey during the Ottoman Empire, at least as far back as the 16th century. Everything from the serving, brewing — everything was part of that ritual,” says Gizem Şalcıgil White, the founder of Turkish Coffee Lady coffee shops and foundation and an evangelist for Turkish coffee. Jay Sorensen created the Java Jacket in Portland, Ore., in the early 1990s, a version of the now-ubiquitous cardboard coffee cup sleeve.