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- Typically served with food: Paklava
Discussion of Paklava variations

- Coffee is Armenan: 'Surj' / 'black water'
Etymology of word

- Coffee as energy to get through the day

- Coffee ceremony as therapy/opportunity to talk with friends about life difficulties

- Coffee & blacksmiths: will sometimes prepare coffee over their forge

- Description of how to prepare for a reading: Place the cup upside down on a saucer in a specific way, let grounds dry

1. Coffee reading demonstration: for audience member

- Length of ceremony; can last minutes or hours
- intimacy; can be private/secret topics

2. Coffee reading for a different audience member

Interpret symbols that appear in dry grounds
- Cam press grounds on better of cup and see what appears