Did you know, drinking tea is a tradition that goes back almost 5,000 years, starting in ancient China? Since then, tea has spread across the world, with each culture adapting the way they drink it.

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Tea is a symbol of identity, hospitality and social interaction in Türkiye, while satirist folk philosopher Nasreddin Hodja ...

Tea was popularized only in the late 19th century after French and British soldiers from WW1 poured into Istanbul, historian Esra Ansel Derinbay tells Anadolu ‘Tea is an inseparable part of Turkish ...

An hour into negotiations over silk scarves, the tea came out. It was my first visit, with some friends, to Istanbul’s Kapalıçarşı (the Grand Bazaar), one of the largest and oldest covered markets in ...