History of reading coffee grounds?

Coffee has its origins in Ethiopia and Yemen.
The Arabs discovered coffee beans around 600 AD and managed to keep coffee as a secret for several hundred years. Turks were introduced to coffee in 1543. Coffee made its way and became known or used as a beverage in Western Europe through Turkey in the late 18th century.

Fortune telling with coffee followed tea leaf reading, Tasseography, which began many centuries ago in China.
The ancient art of coffee-cup reading has been practiced for thousand of years in the Middle East and is still hugely popular in Turkey. No matter in Istanbul or in a small town, wherever you visit in Turkey, you will notice people having coffee with friends and reading cups for each other to give a hint about their future.

It is a form of social ritual, but if you possess Psychic powers, a coffee cup and its saucer turn into a very useful instrument in your hands for fortune telling.