Have you ever heard of a sultan who would enter taverns in disguise and personally punish wrongdoers? That was Murad IV, the Iron Sultan, who ruled the Ottoman Empire with an iron fist after ascending ...
Foamy on top, viscous in the middle, sludgy on the bottom -- Turkish coffee is a multilayered and complex thing. Likewise the drink's history, which turns out to be a complicated and no so sweet one.