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!
Re: Turkish black tea
Yes 5th biggest tea producer in the world! Almost all the consumption is domestic though... And the production started actually in 20th century so it's a quite recent thing, not like China or Japan obviously.joelbct wrote: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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Yes, there's lots of "cafes" where guys drink tea, and play backgammon (and usually smoke). You drink so much tea in those places that you put your spoon on the glass if you DON'T want to get more tea. Otherwise it is automatically renewed.rodstnmn wrote:I like Turkish tea and I like to play backgammon. I play backgammon online and about 80 to 90% of the people I play are from Turkey.
I get the impression that if I were to visit Turkey, I could be sipping tea and playing backgammon every where I went.