Polish coffee is traditionally served "Turkish style." This means coffee grounds are thrown into a glass and hot water poured over them. The result: the grounds float to the top until they become saturated and sink. Or until the victim stirs them. If the victim doesn't stir the coffee and doesn't wait long enough, well, he gets a nasty mouthful of grounds.

Mel experienced this while at Morskie Oko.

A photograph of his expression would certainly have won a prize.

While we were at the Eye of the Sea, I ordered a coffee as opposed to instant coffee. I thought that it was regularly brewed coffee. When I sipped it, I got a mouthful of coffee grounds. Yuk! They take hot water and toss in a large spoonful of grounds and you're expected to know that you have to stir it and it brews as you stir and then sip off the top.

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