<Heard from Rav Shimshon Pincus>
I was once daveneing Shacharis in the “Shtieblach” in Meah Shearim (Yerushalayim). Anyone who is familiar with the Shtieblach, knows that it is a “Minyan factory” with minyanim around the clock.
I noticed this precious American Bochur removing his Tefilin towards the end of davening and watched him make a beeline for the door. Being the person who I am, I couldn’t contain myself and I approached the Bachur and asked him in English if he was American? He replied that he was, upon which I said to him, “You must enjoy Turkish Coffee”!
Of course he looked at me as if I was crazy! So I explained to him that in Israel, many people drink Turkish coffee, which leaves a film of dirt/residue at the bottom of the cup calld “botz”. The cup is discarded when people reach the top layer of the botz. I told him that he is treating the davening like a cup of Turkish Coffee! He is davening up until Tachanun and then he is discarding the rest of the davening (ashrei, uva l’tzion, shiur shel yom, aleinu, kaddish,) as if it were “botz”!
However, I told him that as an American, he should treat davening like the Americans treat a good cup of freshly brewed Maxwell House Coffee.;….”GOOD TO THE LAST DROP”!
