Turkish Tea or Çay

Tea is a culture in Turkey

Before I wrote about turkish   traditional drink ayran and Turkish cofee but tea has a different status in Turkey.

Tea is the most consumed drink in Turkey.There are many tea 

addicted and they drink tea as a water.Turkis people drink it with foods or after meals but I prefer to drink while eating and after dinner which best time for to drink tea.

History of Turkish Tea in Turkey

Tea, we call it çay in Turkish language.Turkish people started to drink tea end of the 19th century.In istanbul some merchants  imported tea and 

adventure started.Tea was grown for the first time in Sultan Abdülhamit II ages.According to the documents seeds came from Japan.Than farmers continued to grown tea first years of Turkish Republic.First tea factory created at Rize in 1947.Now Black Sea region is first in tea sector.Rize tea is very popular in Turkey and it s realy has good quality.

Why tea is a culture in Turkey

A folk saying in Turkey goes, ‘A conversation without tea is like a night sky without a moon.’ Tea is completing conversation and friendship.There are teahouses every locations.That areas not only for to drink tea or cofee.That areas for to spend time with friends and communicate.

Tukish people use different glass for drink tea and turkish people calling its name '' ince belli'' its mean slim waisted because glass have that figure.Especially in teahouses there are that figure of glass.There are another jargon in teahouese too.For example can call in ''tavşan kanı'' instead of tea.It show that tea's  quality.

These days can see different tools for to make tea but we use that tea kettle for it.

Technologhy changed everything but tea has good and different quality with that traditional tea kettle.So it not wrong to say Turkish tea has a diferent culture.

Turkey is the 4th. drink tea in the world and some regions have different tea drinking style in Turkey.For example in east Anatolia people do not throw sugar into glass.They take sugar into their mouth.Than drink tea with that sugar.They do not chewing that sugar.

Some people drink tea with lemon or Black pepper, cloves.

When I was ill (Flu, cold) its good to drink tea with lemon.

How to make good tea

• Firstly must have a tea kettle but Turkish style teapot.
• Fill into water kettle but not much because its for to add tea.
• After 20 minutes water will boill and take that water upper kettle and add tea 3 spoons (İt can change person).İf add water on tea,tea will burn so it would not give quality.
• Than add water under kettle for hot water.Until it boill water will soak tea.

Than tea is ready.Every people drink it different style but I prefer it 1/3 tea and 2/3 hot water and I never use milk into tea.

Festival of Sacrifices

Festival of Sacrifices 

Many religion have that ritual because its way to show thanksgiving so people give something for Gods. In Islam, muslims can sacrifice some animals, for example it can be goats, sheep, cows, heifers, bulls, camels but that animals have to be healty and do not be much young so that animals must have some attribute. 

 History of Festival of Sacrifies

Prophet Ibrahim can not have any child.One day he promised that when I have a son I will sacrifices him for God .Than Ibrahim had a son and his name is Ismail ( he is prophet too ).

Ibrahim started to dreams and it's dream remind his promise.Than he decided to do his promise.While he was going to sacrifices his son, devil was trying to deceive Ibrahim but he was stable.When he tried to cut his son,, knife did not cut his son when he hitted to rock knife divided rock.Than angel gave an sheep for sacrifice.Than muslims started to sacrifece for God

What's mean Sacrifice for Muslims

Muslims sacrifice for God but God saying that your sacrifice'S blood and meat not important for me ,, your intents important for me so festival of sacrifice is not only festival eat meat.Because when muslims sacrifice animals they must share it's meats.It situation have some rules some part of meat for home ,, some part of meat for poor people and some part of meats for relatives.

while sacrifice animals, muslims must be carefull and do not torture animals and children must not see while cutting animals so we have atention about that  ritual.It festival important for share somethings and social peace.All people do not have to sacrifice animal because God say that only rich muslims must do that ritual for to share poor people.

Turkish Carpets and Rugs

          Today  is culture and life days for me so I will continue to write about that subjets and I chooised to write Turkish carpets and rugs, I will try to tell about carpets history, how is made, how to buy carpets and rugs, who made carpets and where is made them..ok lets start !
       
         Carpet's history based on middle asia, before turkish people moved Anatoli they lived at middle asia and they were named so they were living in tents and used animal products.after to discovered to make thread , they started to use clothes, bags,carpets and rugs.they used to carpets for tents floor and use rugs for save yourself cold weather.
         

 How to Made Carpets

     That job is really hard and neccesary professionalism and patience so everybody cant be successful. This work's basic point is knot and a carpet have  thousends knot and if a carpet have much knot it show that carpets quality.

Especially Turkish woman work a this job.( they are very patient and hardworking).A carpet can finish about 3 or 4 months so there are much manual labor.

Turkish traditiona carpets and rugs are natural, producer dont use industrial materials.they use plant and animal materials so they are very healty.( you can see how they made thread from sheep wool)

How to Buy Carpets

This job have much labor and worker so they are more expensive than endustrial carpets but dolar and euro more valuable than Turkish Liras so ıt could be not problem. There are many carpet producer at Anatolia especially Usak carpets are very famous.Aksaray ,Kilis and Gaziantep,Cappadocia are made carpets too.But I can guess first time you hear that cities so when you visit Grand Bazaar can find differentc and nice carpets and rugs.I hope that you might like ,,,