A Dreamy Visit to a Historic Turkish Coffee Shop

About this episode

The episode takes listeners on a dreamy visit to a historic Turkish coffee shop in Gaziantep.

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧Writer: Kayla Kurin ✍️Sound design: birds, morning city ambience 🐦‍⬛ 🌅 Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’ll be visiting the Turkish city of Gaziantep, home to one of the world’s oldest coffee shops – Tahmis Kahvesi. 😴 Includes mentions of: Coffee, Beverages, Superstitions, History, Food. Watch, listen and comment on this episode on the Get Sleepy YouTube channel. And hit subscribe while you're there! Enjoy various playlists of our stories and meditations on our Slumber Studios Spotify profile. Get Sleepy Premium Get instant access to ad-free episodes and Thursday night bonus episodes by subscribing to our premium feed. It's easy! Sign up in two taps: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠getsleepy.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GIFT A SUBSCRIPTION⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to someone you love! 🎁 Get Sleepy Premium feed includes: Monday and Wednesday night episodes (with zero ads). An exclusive Thursday night bonus episode. Access to the entire back catalog (also ad-free). Extra-long episodes. Exclusive sleep meditation episodes. Discounts on merchandise. We’ll love you forever. Get…

People in this episode

Host: Thomas Jones

Topics covered

• Turkish coffee
• history
• superstitions
• food
• beverages

Keywords

• Turkish coffee
• Gaziantep
• Tahmis Kahvesi
• superstitions
• food history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tahmis Kahvesi

Places: Gaziantep

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