In a world filled with uncertainty, humankind has sought answers from every imaginable source like the stars, the moon, the earth, and so on. Humans use to define the mysteries of the universe, explain events from the past, and predict future occurrences using astrology, evolution and also by reading images in leftover coffee grounds or the tea leaf that settle at the base of a cup.

The reading of Turkish coffee grounds is by far the most widely known form of tasseography in practice today. Turkish coffee reading involves study of symbols or shapes that depict various meanings. Some of them receive global acceptance by coffee symbol interpreters worldwide.

A lot of people want to dive into coffee symbolism. Since Turkish coffee is not filtered or strained, after the coffee is consumed, a dark, muddy sediment forms at the cup's base. To avoid drinking the grounds, one stops drinking when about one fifth of the coffee remains.

It is true that two different readers can interpret the same cup in a diverse way. In Turkish fortune telling there is no right or wrong. Due to this fact, every reader has a unique way of seeing shapes in the cup; his or her talent to interpret them and weave them to a concrete conclusion makes the difference.

The symbols in Turkish coffee fortune are not sharp pictures or illustrations. You can find them spread all over the cup. You must use your vision and imagination to bring them out. The interpretation will follow. There are many coffee fortune telling symbols which are self explanatory. For example: “heart” means love; “purse” means money; “ring” means marriage and so on.