If there is one thing people everywhere love, it just might be coffee—more than 2 billion cups are consumed on this planet every single day. In this installment of “Around the World,” we travel to five different countries to sample five different kinds of coffee because, frankly, someone had to do it. From café de olla in Mexico to egg coffee in Vietnam, we still haven’t met a cup we didn’t like.
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From city to city, small cafes to individual homes,
there are a few things that are truly universal.
One of them, however, is coffee.
Over 2 billion cups are drunk every day.
But not all coffee is created equal.
So we've traveled to five countries
and met five people to show us how truly unique
this one common drink can be.
Unsurprisingly for many, coffee marks the start of the day.
It has cinnamon.
In some recipes, you can also add orange peel.
Although the preparations may differ, one thing is clear.
Coffee and culture are intertwined.
It's an old culture.
And if my roots are in the Sami, it's an important part.
You can see that the Sami had it with them in their backpacks.
And it wasn't possible to store the milk either,
because there were no refrigerators or anything.
If you made the coffee cheese and left it to dry,
you could take it with you.
I drink it black.
And I cut the coffee cheese into pieces
and let the cheese warm up before I eat it.
As the day progresses, the evening marks the start
of a different kind of coffee culture, cafe life.
Coffee is usually consumed more in cafes.
The coffee in the sand is found in Gaziantep.
It's prepared by heating the sand under a heater.
It needs to be cooked for about a minute and a half in the sand.
While it's cooking, you only need to shake it once
to get a nice color from the foam.
It becomes a more delicious coffee.
It's not as bitter as espresso.
People like the feeling of filling the cup
and the coffee sticking to it.
There is, of course, the one main draw of coffee
that we all know to be universal.
The kick.
I consume a lot of coffee.
I can drink three cups of coffee a day,
in the morning, in the evening, sometimes in the afternoon.
I drink coffee all day long
because I think it's good.
And the best thing about it is the smell.
In addition to the aforementioned,
coffee, of course, unites us all.
I think coffee can bring people closer
and make them feel more connected.
This coffee has a very beautiful color.
Actually, it's not just about drinking coffee.
Sometimes people even drink coffee to talk to each other.
When people come and sit together
and drink coffee,
they feel very close to each other.
