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Turkey is a global melting pot of a country—a place where, thanks to the Ottoman Empire, the traditions ofRussia,中国和中东都见面和混在一起。cay(发音就像), 全国的preparation of choice, is the perfect embodiment of this hybridized culture—borrowing various elements of other tea traditions, but producing something distinctly土耳其

Cay的历史

Tea originally arrived to Turkey by way of China—the name, cay, comes from the Chinese word for tea, chá. It wouldn't become popular, though, until two critical events happened: First, in the late nineteenth century, when Mehmet Izzet, then-governor of Adana, published a pamphlet extolling upon the health benefits of tea, and second, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, when the Russians lost control of Mocha and therefore their coffee supply. Imported coffee became very expensive, so people switched to tea. The Turkish soon discovered that they could grow tea on their own soil, and turned the province of Rize, with its ideal climate and arable land, into a major tea production city.

今天,土耳其是世界上最大的茶市场之一 - 以及茶费的世界领导者,远远超出印度,俄罗斯甚至中国。

如何准备Cay

据华盛顿州Zaytinya的厨师队友,主要是Ritkish-Origin茶,主要是Rize,Mild Ceylon Tea,Feliz,年轻,醇厚的茶叶,Feliz,年轻,醇厚的品种和Altinbaş。

虽然茶干和氧化过程来自中国人,但实际的准备过程来自俄罗斯人。土耳其人使用一个叫做Çaydanlık的多层船只来酿造茶,非常类似于俄罗斯俄国式茶炊,虽然传统上没有装饰。设定包括两个水壶,底部用于煮沸热水,以及用于创造和储存茶浓缩物的顶部,通过将一些煮沸的水倒在一小部分茶叶之上。茶被倒入眼镜,人们可以用煮沸的水稀释到偏好 - 再次,非常相似俄罗斯风格。但使用的甜味剂甜菜糖,对土耳其相当独一无二。典型的杯子将有一个到两个糖的糖,虽然Costa指出“最终结果仍然最终是相当醇厚的糖,所以你需要相当多的糖来从茶中取出那个涩味。”

服务容器也是distinct-it Tulip-shaped glass with a wide brim that's clear, so that drinkers can admire the deep mahogany-red color of the tea. Those who make their tea on the milder side will opt to have their glass of cay with one of Turkish cuisine's many very-sweet pastries, like baklava, while those who add several sugar cubes to their tea go for something like Qurabiya, a simple almond shortbread cookie that you can dip right into your cay.

在土耳其文化中的Cay

在许多文化中,当你去某人的家时,茶几乎总是提供,毫无疑问。在土耳其,这是真实的,不仅仅是家庭 - 但是对于商店,商场,餐馆和其他公共空间。“这是一个重要的好客姿态,”哥斯达说。许多商店将聘请一个专门的人,其唯一的工作是为客户制作CAY。一些烹饪书甚至将引用Cay眼镜作为测量装置,代替食谱中的测量杯。

从二十世纪开始,Cay Houses成为流行的人 - 这些是人们会去抽烟,玩游戏和讨论政治的窝点。许多人今天仍然存在,与日本茶馆不同,这些都是大声的,热闹的斑点,是社区社会活动的中心。

Costa说,凯凯岛说,凯凯岛的土耳其美食 - 只是在美国的广泛应用。“但Cay是该国烹饪景观的活力的象征,“展示了多样性和广泛的影响,共同创造这种饮料,这是一款相干的,最终普遍存在。”