Drinking tea has become a way of life in Turkey. Black tea can be drunk at any time of the day or night. If you visit a Turkish household, you will surely be offered a cup of tea whether before or after a meal. As it is so much an integral part of their culture, it is worthwhile to know a little about the real way to drink Turkish tea.
Turkish tea is also full bodied and strong. It is therefore all the more preferable to drink it from the small tea glasses.
The Turks always drink their tea black. It is served in small tulip shaped glasses - not in clay cups. You can see the color of the tea through the thin glasses. The tea should be crystal clear and of a deep mahogany or red hue. Sugar or sugar cubes may be added but milk is a strict no-no. As the tea glasses are much smaller than the normal cups, about two cubes of sugar suffices for five glasses. The Erzurmulus in east of Turkey drink about 30 glasses of tea with only one cube of sugar; they keep the sugar under their tongue to make it last through all those glasses of tea. This style of drinking tea is called "Kitlama Cay."
Turkish tea is also full bodied and strong. It is therefore all the more preferable to drink it from the small tea glasses.
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