Upload a Turkish coffee cup. Tellwe finds the symbols in the grounds, writes a personal 45-second reading, and brings it to life through a character you can share. The name comes from “telve” the Turkish word for the coffee grounds left in the cup, where the fortune is traditionally read — reimagined as Tellwe: a cup with a story to tell.
Hey Product Hunt! I’m Serkan, the maker of Tellwe. 👋
Tellwe takes its name from telve the Turkish word for the coffee grounds left in the cup after drinking, where the fortune is traditionally read. We turned that into Tellwe: a cup with a story to tell.
I grew up around Turkish coffee readings flipping the cup, waiting, then finding birds, roads, hearts, and tiny stories in the grounds. I wanted to turn that ritual into something playful and character-led, rather than another AI chat box.
You upload a photo of your cup. Tellwe checks if it’s readable, finds the symbols, writes a personal 45–50 second reading, creates the voice, and brings the cup character to life with expressions, gestures, synced mouth shapes, and subtitles.
At the end, you get a vertical video you can share while your private cup photo never appears in the public video.
The product runs end-to-end on Vercel using Next.js, Functions, AI Gateway, Workflow, Blob, Sandbox, FFmpeg, and Remotion.
The first version supports English and Turkish.
The hardest part wasn’t making the AI work. It was making a coffee cup feel like a character you actually want to listen to.
I’d love feedback on three things:
1. Does the character feel alive? 2. Does the reading feel fast and engaging? 3. Would you share the finished video?
Thanks for trying Tellwe and for letting a cup tell its story. ☕️
Which Vercel product did you use? What new capability did it give your team, and how did that shape the product you launched?
About Tellwe on Product Hunt
“Your coffee cup tells its story.”
Tellwe launched on Product Hunt on September 25th, 2026 and earned 65 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #31 on the daily leaderboard. Upload a Turkish coffee cup. Tellwe finds the symbols in the grounds, writes a personal 45-second reading, and brings it to life through a character you can share. The name comes from “telve” the Turkish word for the coffee grounds left in the cup, where the fortune is traditionally read — reimagined as Tellwe: a cup with a story to tell.
Tellwe was featured in Coffee (28.3k followers), Artificial Intelligence (479.5k followers), Entertainment (2k followers) and Vercel Day (40 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 130.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Tellwe?
Tellwe was hunted by serkan uslu. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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serkan uslu
Hey Product Hunt! I’m Serkan, the maker of Tellwe. 👋
Tellwe takes its name from telve the Turkish word for the coffee grounds left in the cup after drinking, where the fortune is traditionally read. We turned that into Tellwe: a cup with a story to tell.
I grew up around Turkish coffee readings flipping the cup, waiting, then finding birds, roads, hearts, and tiny stories in the grounds. I wanted to turn that ritual into something playful and character-led, rather than another AI chat box.
You upload a photo of your cup. Tellwe checks if it’s readable, finds the symbols, writes a personal 45–50 second reading, creates the voice, and brings the cup character to life with expressions, gestures, synced mouth shapes, and subtitles.
At the end, you get a vertical video you can share while your private cup photo never appears in the public video.
The product runs end-to-end on Vercel using Next.js, Functions, AI Gateway, Workflow, Blob, Sandbox, FFmpeg, and Remotion.
The first version supports English and Turkish.
The hardest part wasn’t making the AI work. It was making a coffee cup feel like a character you actually want to listen to.
I’d love feedback on three things:
1. Does the character feel alive?
2. Does the reading feel fast and engaging?
3. Would you share the finished video?
Thanks for trying Tellwe and for letting a cup tell its story. ☕️