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Greek coffee
Traditional coffee bar
at Stylida plaza.

Still, the words for "coffee" and "coffeeshop" remained unchanged in Greek as in the other Balkan languages, using the Ottoman Turkish forms kahve and kahvehane: Bulgarian кафе, кафене; Slavic Macedonian кафе, Serbian kafa, kafana; Croatian kava, kavana; Bosnian kahva, kafana; Slovenian kava, kavarna; Romanian cafea, cafenea; Greek καφές, καφενείο; Albanian kafe, kafene

In Croatian, it is called turska kava, i.e. "Turkish coffee". Otherwise it is known as simply kava, unless when referred to in cafes, in order to avoid confusion with other types of coffee drinks.

In Serbian communities, it may be called simply domaća kafa 'domestic coffee' or kafa 'coffee'. This term is considered a politically correct in Serbian parts of Bosnia. (Note that 'kava' is Croatian and 'kafa' Serbian.)

The serving and consumption of coffee has had a profound effect on betrothal and gender customs, political and social interaction, prayer, and hospitality customs.

In Hebrew it used to be called (kafe) botz (קפה בוץ), i.e. "mud(dy coffee)", but in the late 1990s the Israeli public shifted to kafe turki (קפה טורקי), merely because it appeared in stores as a new manufactured good under that commercial name, under foreign Western influence.

In Armenia, it is simply called Սուրճ (sourj) Հայկական Սուրճ (haykakan sourj) meaning "Armenian Coffee". It is either served regular (sovorakan/normal), sweet (kaghtsr) or without sugar (daruh).