I think it is hard to imagine breakfasts, social gatherings, business meetings, in Turkey without the presence of tea. However, it is not just a tea! Turkish people prepare tea using a double tea pot. Water is boiled in the lower (larger) pot and the loose-leaf tea is steeped in the top (smaller) pot. This method allows each person to drink the tea as they desire: strong and steeped, or light with lots of water added. In central Anatolian towns such as Amasya, and in Eastern Turkey, tea is prepared in a samovar as well.
Turkish people prefer to drink tea in small tulip-shaped glasses. We didn’t find the origins of this shape, but the clear glass allows the drinker to appreciate the crimson color of the tea. It is quite amazing! Of all Turkey's delicious sweet confections, the most famous is baklava. We tasted it and we really like it!
Visiting Turkey without drinking a glass of tea and eating a baklava it doesn't make any sense.
We have just come back home and we really miss Turkish tea and the hospitality of the people.
Liliana Gheorghe, coordinator teacher of Romanian Team
Turkish people prefer to drink tea in small tulip-shaped glasses. We didn’t find the origins of this shape, but the clear glass allows the drinker to appreciate the crimson color of the tea. It is quite amazing! Of all Turkey's delicious sweet confections, the most famous is baklava. We tasted it and we really like it!
Visiting Turkey without drinking a glass of tea and eating a baklava it doesn't make any sense.
We have just come back home and we really miss Turkish tea and the hospitality of the people.
Liliana Gheorghe, coordinator teacher of Romanian Team