Rize Tea

Rize Tea

Infobox_Tea
Tea_name = Rize Tea
Tea_type = Black
Tea_color = Black
Tea_

Tea_origin = Rize Province, Turkey | Tea_names = Çay | Tea_quick = NA

Rize tea or Çay is a form of black tea. Produced in Rize Province on the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey which has a mild climate with high precipitation and fertile soil, it is crystal clear and mahogany in color. It is drunk everywhere in Turkey, anytime. It is served in Turkish cafés by a çaycı (tea-waiter), in small, gold-rimmed, narrow-waisted glasses. It can be taken strong ("koyu" dark) or weak ("açık" light), and is accompanied by two or three lumps of beetroot sugar.

When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in 1923, the Turks lost Mocha in Yemen, and coffee became an expensive import. They turned to tea.


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