What Cyprus ‘coffee snobs’ think of Nicosia coffee shops

Here’s a pro tip, says Christos Soteriou. If you’re in a place with no good options – at the airport, say – and desperate for a coffee, go to Starbucks (or whatever the big global chain is), grab an Americano, and add some salt.

The salt will absorb the bitterness, so the coffee should be at least halfway-drinkable. Just make sure you don’t use the thick kind of salt – or it won’t dissolve, and you’ll end up with the worst of both worlds: jarringly bitter coffee that’s now salty too.