Jerusalem Blog: November 2007

Hamshushalaim (or khamshushalayim, or h.amshooshalaim or some similar transliteration) can be loosely translated "Weekend Pass in Jerusalem."
This annual event, three weekends at the end of November and beginning of December, consists of free or greatly reduced admission to attractions plus special walking and bus tours.
http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/Humshsh/all.htm has the details. http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/defaultnew.asp?lng=2 is the English version of the Jerusalem website.

Kafayahfukh was latte before latte made it to the US. It is also called simply hafukh or afukh. But the youngest waitresses understand only latte.
Aiss (ice) used to be iced coffee but is now more likely to be a coffee flavored slushy.
Botz is Turkish coffee (known in Greece as Greek coffee), which is also called kafay turki.
You can also get feeltair (filter), which is a French version of drip. Push the filter down to confine the grounds.
Israeli restaurants, coffee shops, cafes, and little storefronts do surprisingly good coffee.

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Ice cafay Used to mean iced coffee.
Today "ice" is a slushy and "aiss cafay" is a coffee slushy.
The storefronts selling drinks and junk food have the machines, as do those selling fresh sandwiches and salads. There seems to be local control over the flavoring. Some machines produce more intense drinks.
Watch out for "ice-cream headaches."
An excellent combination on a hot day is fresh-squeezed or pressed fruit juice (http://jerusalemblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/juice.html ) in one cup and aiss in another.

Labels: food

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