kafés

Coffee, of which there are innumerable kinds in Greece. Nearly all city cafés have Italian espresso machines, but in a small village kafenion they may not. Whatever you order, a coffee gives you the right to sit there all day.

Some of the kinds you can order

ελλινικό (ellinikó): classic Greek coffee served in a demitasse, made in a long-handled copper pot called at μπρίκι (bríki), which stirred slowly until brought to a foaming boil. The more foam the better. Village wise women can read your future in the muddy grounds left at the bottom of the cup.

έναν δίπλο ελληνικό (énan díplo ellinikó): double-size Greek coffee

εσπρέσο esprésso; εσπρέσο φρέντο (espresso freddo, on ice)

φραππέ (frappé): ice coffee