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Safranbolu Coffee Museum opens in a mansion built in 1830
The Coffee Museum has opened in the second building in the garden of Havuzlu Asmazlar Mansion, built in Safranbolu in 1830. The museum presents information about coffee’s history alongside the mansion’s historic atmosphere, while the main building previously served as a hotel and restaurant.
The Coffee Museum, which presents information about the history of coffee, has begun welcoming visitors in the second mansion in the garden of Havuzlu Asmazlar Mansion, built in Safranbolu in 1830.
A museum in a mansion built in 1830
Museum founder Semih Yıldırım said Havuzlu Asmazlar Mansion consists of two buildings and once belonged to Hüseyin Çavuş Bey, the city’s administrator at the time. Describing it as one of Safranbolu’s largest mansions, Yıldırım said the pool inside the mansion gives the building a distinctive feature.
The pool inside the mansion was used as a precaution against fires, for irrigation and to provide privacy during meetings. The sound of water rising from the pool prevented people next door from hearing conversations held during the meetings.
The mansion previously operated as a boutique hotel
The Asmazlar family bought the mansion while living in Safranbolu in the 1930s and lived there for many years. The building was purchased by the Turkish Touring and Automobile Association in 1976.
After undergoing an extensive restoration that lasted until around 1988, the mansion began operating as Anatolia’s first boutique hotel. The building later served as a hotel and restaurant before being closed for about one and a half to two years and reopening with a new concept.
Focusing on coffee’s history and the mansion’s atmosphere
The Coffee Museum was established in the second mansion in the garden, which belonged to Hüseyin Çavuş Bey’s aide. Surrounded by trees, the building offers visitors the opportunity to relax in the atmosphere of a historic mansion, particularly in autumn.
Visitors to the museum can learn about the history of coffee while experiencing the mansion’s architectural character and garden. In this way, the museum explores coffee culture alongside Safranbolu’s historic buildings.
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