Bitter Coffee
Revealing the lost truth of history
The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.
Cast
Siamak Ansari
Mostashar-ol-Molk / Nima Zand-Karimi
Mohammadreza Hedayati
King Jahangir Doloo
Mehran Modiri
Bluetooth the Great
Elika Abdolrazzaghi
Queen Fakhr-o-Taj
Sahar Zakaria
Lobat-ol-Molook Doloo
Reza Feyznorouzi
Premier Etemad-ol-Molk Deylami
Maryam Bbakhshi
Akhtar-ol-Molook
Sahar Jafari Jozani
Naz-Khatoon Deylami / Roya Atabaki
Aref Lorestani
Sheriff Balad-ol-Molk
Borzoo Arjmand
General Borzoo Sepahsalar
Gholamreza Nikkhah
Damoosol Molk
Hadi Kazemi
Baba Shah / Colonel Tupolev
Javad Ezzati
Baba Eti
Mandana Souri
Gheysar-o-Saltaneh
Nader Soleimani
Gherghi
Seasons & Episodes
E1Episode 1
Sep 13, 2010
E2Episode 2
Sep 20, 2010
E3Episode 3
Sep 27, 2010
E4Episode 4
Oct 4, 2010
E5Episode 5
Oct 11, 2010
E6Episode 6
Oct 18, 2010
E7Episode 7
Oct 25, 2010
E8Episode 8
Nov 1, 2010
E9Episode 9
Nov 8, 2010
E10Episode 10
Nov 15, 2010
E11Episode 11
Nov 22, 2010
E12Episode 12
Nov 29, 2010
E13Episode 13
Dec 6, 2010
E14Episode 14
Dec 13, 2010
E15Episode 15
Dec 20, 2010
E16Episode 16
Dec 27, 2010
E17Episode 17
Jan 3, 2011
E18Episode 18
Jan 10, 2011
E19Episode 19
Jan 17, 2011
E20Episode 20
Jan 24, 2011
E21Episode 21
Jan 31, 2011
E22Episode 22
Feb 7, 2011
E23Episode 23
Feb 14, 2011
E24Episode 24
Feb 21, 2011
E25Episode 25
Feb 28, 2011
E26Episode 26
Mar 7, 2011
E27Episode 27
Mar 14, 2011
E28Episode 28
Mar 21, 2011
E29Episode 29
Mar 28, 2011
E30Episode 30
Apr 4, 2011
E31Episode 31
Apr 11, 2011
E32Episode 32
Apr 18, 2011
E33Episode 33
Apr 25, 2011
E34Episode 34
May 2, 2011
E35Episode 35
May 9, 2011
E36Episode 36
May 16, 2011
E37Episode 37
May 23, 2011
E38Episode 38
May 30, 2011
E39Episode 39
Jun 6, 2011
E40Episode 40
Jun 13, 2011
E41Episode 41
Jun 20, 2011
E42Episode 42
Jun 27, 2011
E43Episode 43
Jul 4, 2011
E44Episode 44
Jul 11, 2011
E45Episode 45
Jul 18, 2011
E46Episode 46
Jul 25, 2011
E47Episode 47
Aug 1, 2011
E48Episode 48
Aug 8, 2011
E49Episode 49
Aug 15, 2011
E50Episode 50
Aug 22, 2011
E51Episode 51
Aug 29, 2011
E52Episode 52
Sep 5, 2011
E53Episode 53
Sep 12, 2011
E54Episode 54
Sep 19, 2011
E55Episode 55
Sep 26, 2011
E56Episode 56
Oct 3, 2011
E57Episode 57
Oct 10, 2011
E58Episode 58
Oct 17, 2011
E59Episode 59
Oct 24, 2011
E60Episode 60
Oct 31, 2011
E61Episode 61
Nov 7, 2011
E62Episode 62
Nov 14, 2011
E63Episode 63
Nov 21, 2011
E64Episode 64
Nov 28, 2011
E65Episode 65
Dec 5, 2011
E66Episode 66
Dec 12, 2011
E67Episode 67
Dec 19, 2011
E68Episode 68
Dec 26, 2011
E69Episode 69
Jan 2, 2012
E70Episode 70
Jan 9, 2012
E71Episode 71
Jan 16, 2012
E72Episode 72
Jan 23, 2012
E73Episode 73
Jan 30, 2012
E74Episode 74
Feb 6, 2012
E75Episode 75
Feb 13, 2012
E76Episode 76
Feb 20, 2012
E77Episode 77
Feb 27, 2012
E78Episode 78
Mar 5, 2012
E79Episode 79
Mar 12, 2012
E80Episode 80
Mar 19, 2012
E81Episode 81
Mar 26, 2012
E82Episode 82
Apr 2, 2012
E83Episode 83
Apr 9, 2012
E84Episode 84
Apr 16, 2012
E85Episode 85
Apr 23, 2012
E86Episode 86
Apr 30, 2012
E87Episode 87
May 7, 2012
E88Episode 88
May 14, 2012
E89Episode 89
May 21, 2012
E90Episode 90
May 28, 2012
E91Episode 91
Jun 4, 2012
E92Episode 92
Jun 11, 2012
E93Episode 93
Jun 18, 2012
E94Episode 94
Jun 25, 2012
E95Episode 95
Jul 2, 2012
E96Episode 96
Jul 9, 2012
E97Episode 97
Jul 16, 2012
E98Episode 98
Jul 23, 2012
E99Episode 99
Jul 30, 2012
E100Episode 100
Aug 6, 2012
E101Episode 101
Aug 13, 2012
E102Episode 102
Aug 20, 2012
Videos
Storyline
The series begins with history teacher Nima Zande-Karimi (Siamak Ansari) realizing that his extensive research on Persian and world history is of little use to financing his day-to-day life. He is about to leave Tehran for good to go back to his hometown by the name of Darab, when he comes across young university student Roya Atabaki (Sahar Jafari-Jozani) who is researching for her final year dissertation, which is regarding the period 1198–1203, that is said to be a period of turmoil for Iran's ruling elite. Such turmoil that, very few books are available on that period for Roya's research. It is then that Nima receives an anonymous telephone call, which leads him to Niavaran Palace (currently a museum), where he is told to have a coffee and wait. The coffee (which is bitter) is ready and he duly drinks it, his sight becomes hazy, and when he manages to refocus he is in the year 1201 (1822 AD), and the story develops therein.
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