Egypt blended culture
Egypt is not from the third world countries and not from the countries of the first world also, we are not backward, but we have the fantasy of underdevelopment, It's very complected to express the Egyptian people with words, as it's a mixer of Pharaohs, Greeks, Ottomans, English, French, Islamic and Christian cultures all blended, you just have to deal with them to know.
If you want to explore the real Egypt it's not only the historical place or the nice weather and beaches, the Beautiful Egypt is dealing with the Egyptian people, warmth, generosity, humbleness and helpful.
The best place to explore the Egyptian culture today is to deal and watch the Egyptian people in a local coffee shop, so to feel more Egyptian I help you use some Arabic words to order your drink.
Have you tried to sit in a local Egyptian coffee shop?
If you did you would have heard some expressions in ordering your drink, I thought today to tell you how to order in Arabic and what it means.
Starting with the Egyptian or Turkish coffee:
Qahwa means coffee
Qahwa zeyada mean coffee with extra sugar "two teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa mano it's a bit sugary than medium and less than extra "one and half teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa mazbot means medium sugar coffee "one teaspoon of sugar"
Qahwa alreha = low sugar "half teaspoon"
Qahwa sada means with no sugar.
Qahwa faransawy means coffee with milk then use the sugar expressions with it,
ex: qahwa faransawy mazbot means coffee with milk medium sugar.
Tea is much easier as it usually come without sugar and you put what you like, it's pronounced shay means tea
Shay fatla means tea bag
Shay ada means regular tea "no tea bag"
Shay meza or shay belaban mean tea with milk.
Sahlab is an Arabian hot drink usually we drink it in winter as it's very hot and it make you get warmer very delicious it taste nearly pudding.
To be updated with recommended coffee shops and more Arabic helpful expressions.
