Peasant life in the Holy Land . PEASANTS OF THE JEBEL AJLUN. ; face page -280. COFFEE-MAKING 281 usually but little more than a good-sized egg-cup,and are filled about two-thirds full. It is proper tosip it slowly, and somewhat noisily, to show onesappreciation of it! Guests or strangers, in orderof rank or precedence, are always served first,unless there be someone of much higher positionthan anyone else present. It is drunk bothsweetened and unsweetened, the latter beingalways served after a meal, and milk is neveradded; at other times a guest will often be askedwhether he prefers it sw
Peasant life in the Holy Land . PEASANTS OF THE JEBEL AJLUN. ; face page -280. COFFEE-MAKING 281 usually but little more than a good-sized egg-cup,and are filled about two-thirds full. It is proper tosip it slowly, and somewhat noisily, to show onesappreciation of it! Guests or strangers, in orderof rank or precedence, are always served first,unless there be someone of much higher positionthan anyone else present. It is drunk bothsweetened and unsweetened, the latter beingalways served after a meal, and milk is neveradded; at other times a guest will often be askedwhether he prefers it sweet or bitter. Whenthe cup is returned to the server, the latter receivesit in his left hand, and immediately covers it withhis right, lest the guests feelings should be offendedby the sight of the grounds I The Fellahin aregreat connoisseurs of coffee, though not quite somuch so, perhaps, as the Bedouin, and it is used onall manner of occasions. Hardly ever is a bargainset about without this prehminary ; every guest ashe arriv
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