• New Turkish brides were once upon a time entitled to coffee being gifted them by bridegrooms: it was actually a promise made during their wedding ceremonies, which required the bridegrooms to vow to always provide their new wives with coffee. This meant the vow would be taken seriously in days of yore and any breach of the same would very well be legitimate grounds for divorce. (So, no coffee, no sweet married bliss for the Turks of long ago...:(( by Anon

Fun facts on your favorite spirit booster, coffee: • Heard of Cowboy coffee?? No? Well, it's the way true-blue Texan ranchers like their brew: cowboy coffee requires you to put ground coffee into a clean sock, immerse the same in cold water and heat it over a campfire. When the mixture is boiling hot, you pour it into tin cups and perhaps with a bit of guitar strumming. After all, what's a cowboy without a guitar and a 'orse, eh? by Anon