Re: Turkish black tea
That's fascinating, I would love to try it. When I lived in New Haven, CT, there was a restaurant across the block, and the fellow that owned it was of Turkish/Italian heritage, born in Turkey, and always had a metal Samovar-like contraption full of tea.cgencer wrote:Coming from Turkey, I find it surprising that this kind of tea is never discussed and/or sold anywhere outside the country.. It is wildly popular in Turkey and more or less a national drink, and Turkish probably drink more tea than the british overall. I guess it is not readily available since Turkey produces more or less only one kind of tea (black) and it is strictly under government control. Still it is a unique tea and the brewing method is unique too.
The region where the tea is produced is "Rize".
I didn't know Turkey actually produced the Tea though... learn something every day!
Jul 13th, '08, 16:26
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