At many Serbian cafés, you can order not just regular coffee, but instant Nescafé! For roughly the price of two cups of traditional Turkish coffee (sometimes the difference is smaller). The pricier, the better, right? :)

I tried it once, but honestly it tasted even worse than I expected. Though some locals seem to like it.

This phenomenon has roots in two things. Coffee in Serbia is made noticeably stronger than what I'm used to back home. Instant is milder and made with so much milk that it's basically milk with coffee rather than the other way around.

And second, nearby Greece is one of the most popular vacation destinations for Serbians. Nice clean beaches, relatively affordable, plus plenty of history—what else do you need for a good holiday? Greeks have frappé (a sweet cold instant coffee with ice and milk foam) as practically their national drink. So vacationers bring back all sorts of foreign habits.

Unlike its cousin, nes café is served hot, without ice or sugar, which unfortunately doesn't make it any better. But there is a cold version too.