Recalling Bosnia's coffee traditions

Boris Mrkela
Special to the Express-News (San Antonio)

One of a few images that I can recall from my childhood in the mid-'70s is that of my grandmother going through the yard, twirling a black portable stove attached to a metal stick. The clatter and the pungent smell would make me look away from my playground. She was roasting raw coffee beans and it was a clamorous act.

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