One of the most refreshing drinks that I convey e'er had (after the Indian ‘cutting chai’) is the Turkish çay.
Pronounced equally ‘chai’, the Turkish çay is dark tea consumed without milk. In most parts of turkey, you lot volition oft abide by locals huddled up, catching upwards on a drinking glass of çay, a fume together with a game of Okey (a Turkish board game). Men, Women, youngsters, couples – everyone sips upwards on their favorite drinking glass of çay… It’s nearly the national drinkable of Turkey!
And similar it is many countries, çay tin deal brew upwards many conversations..
Once at Selcuk (Western Turkey), çay helped bang a conversation betwixt my together with thus three yr quondam miss together with a senior gentleman at this café – they caught upwards on a chat for nearly thirty minutes! He spoke Turkish together with she Hindi – neither understood each other’s linguistic communication – merely they had, what nosotros thought, a rattling meaningful conversation. He fifty-fifty helped her amongst coloring sketches inwards her book. Like they say, a grin together with approximately tea – tin deal you lot connect amongst anyone inwards whatever country!
Through our xx strange solar daytime rest inwards diverse parts of Turkey, nosotros had çay every unmarried solar daytime – 5-6 times a day..! I closed my eyes together with tin nonetheless instruct a whiff of the smell & season … I recollect I am going to sign off straight off together with instruct start me approximately ‘chai’.
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| A refreshing loving cup of çay |
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| Catching upwards over a loving cup of çay - at a commons inwards Selcuk |
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| Some çay, smoke together with a game of Okey - contrary the roman aqueduct, Selcuk |
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| My miss & the Turkish gentleman catching upwards on a conversation at a local cafe |
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| My daughter's novel 'friend' helps her color her sketch majority |