Tea as a Symbol of Common Life and Culture in Anatolia
Turks and tea! We all know the obsession, but how many of us know how it started?

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Turks do not limit themselves when it comes to tea. . There is no set time for drinking tea. We can drink our freshly brewed tea anytime, anywhere. It can be sweet or unsweetened, weak or strong.

Tea can also be a parade for children. The transition from milk tea (milk tea) to pasha tea (tea mixed with cold water in a special way to make the glass look layered) is the transition from childhood to adolescence. The transition from pasha tea to black tea is actually a symbol of the transition to adulthood.

In most sources, it is written that Turks met tea in Central Asia long before they entered Anatolia. It is rumored that the first Turk to drink tea was the poet Hoca Ahmet Yesevi. According to Abdül'll Kayyum Nasıri's work called Fevakiü'l Cülesa, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi recommended that the tea he drank for the first time in his Turkmen neighbor's house should be drunk for healing purposes.

Actually, nobody knows. Who designed the Turkish teacup, but the teacup is first seen in Hoca Ali Rıza's (1858 - 1930) painting called 'Samovar'.

It's actually an engineering marvel. The 'thin-waisted teacup', resembling a tulip, was designed because the thick cups used in Europe were very expensive. Others claim that it resembles a slim-waisted, elegant, pleasant female body. The glass fits perfectly in the palm of your hand and warms your hand on cold winter days. Thus, you can feel the warmth of the tea first in your palm and then in your heart. And since it's small, you can drink it hot, very hot, before it gets cold.