Invigorating Turkish Tea | Chai

Description:-

The Turkish Tea is just heavenly!

After a tiresome day, when you drink this tea, you will be in Cloud 9!

Drinking this unleashes the energy packed in this little cup of tea!

Information:-

According to Wikipedia-

Turkish tea, called çay, is normally Rize tea, a variant of black tea which is consumed without milk, is produced on the eastern Black Sea coast, which has a mild climate with high precipitation and fertile soil. Turkish tea is typically prepared using two stacked kettles called "çaydanlık" specially designed for tea preparation. Water is brought to a boil in the larger lower kettle and then some of the water is used to fill the smaller kettle on top and steep (infuse) several spoons of loose tea leaves, producing a very strong tea. When served, the remaining water is used to dilute the tea on an individual basis, giving each consumer the choice between strong (Turkish: koyu; literally "dark", tavşan kanı (literally: rabbit's blood) -- a deep brownish red or weak (Turkish: açık; literally "light"). Tea is drunk from small glasses to enjoy it hot in addition to showing its colour, with cubes of beet sugar.

Recipe:-

Ingredients:

• 1/3 Cup, Black Tea Leaves.
• 1 liter water for brewing.
• 1 liter water for serving.
• Sugar.

How To Make:

1. Take two kettles.
   
2. Fill the bottom kettle with 2 liter water.
3. Heat the kettle on high flame and bring the water to boil.
4. Meanwhile, put the tea leaves in a fine sieve and rise off the tea dust. Drain well.
5. Transfer the tea leaves to the upper kettle.
6. Stack the upper kettle on the bottom one.
7. Once the water i the bottom kettle comes to a boil, pour half of it into the upper kettle to brew the tea.
8. Lower the flame to medium.
9. Let the tea get brewed over the steam of the bottom kettle for 15-20 minutes.
10. Pour out some tea brew, in a Turkish Tea Glass.
11. Fill only till the narrow part of the cup, that is, the waist.
12. Then dilute the Tea brew with water.
13. Keep the tea warm on a low flame because Turkish Tea is drunk in a few rounds.

Serving Suggestions:-

1. Turkish Tea is served in many variants, those are- a) koyu (dark, strong) and b) açık (light, weak)
2.  The koyu variant has more tea brew and less water. Hence, it is concentrated.
3. The açık variant has less tea brew and more water. Hence, it is dilute.
4. One should always learn about these when making Turkish Tea.

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