Where to buy good quality coffee beans or ground coffee in Istanbul?

Advice from a coffee seller, passed on in August 2026: buy beans where coffee is grown — Colombia, Brazil, Vietnam. Turkey, like Italy, doesn't grow coffee; beans are imported and roasted locally.

In August 2026 one participant wrote that machine coffee is not real coffee to her: the best is ground ME coffee from Istanbul brewed in a cezve over a very low flame. This is her personal taste.

Another view from August 2026: one participant finds the coffee selection at home better and more varied, and says that at the Turkish coffee chain being discussed the chocolate is more worth buying than the coffee itself.

The main tip from an August 2026 discussion: vacuum-packed Mehmet Efendi ground coffee from supermarkets is not the same. Buy freshly ground coffee at ME shops instead.

Not everyone is impressed with local coffee. A self-described coffee lover tried different kinds at various places in Istanbul in August 2026, both loose and packaged, and found nothing she couldn't buy back home.