Turkish Tea and Spices
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Turks do have a few things to teach the world when it comes to the spices. Not every spice used in Turkish cooking originates from Turkey but it does not meat they has not acquired special place and use in Turkish cuisine. And where to get a better idea of the Turkish spices if not at the famed Istanbul Spice market, a venue where spices have been traded for centuries? Let’s get a few things straight. If you try to educated yourself about the use of spices in Turkish cuisine by visiting the Istanbul Spice Market you may come out with rather inaccurate impressions, at best. Instead of buying what spice sellers would like to sell you should be looking for the spices you are interested in. And here are the tips to get your hunt for Turkish spices started. Ah, the befuddling smells of the Istanbul Spice Market and witty pitches of its vendors: they addled many! Saffron (do read in a bit before buying any saffron in Istanbul), cardamon, aniseed, turmeric and other exotic spices you find at the Istanbul Spice Market are hardly used at the Turkish kitchens nowadays. They are sold as a tribute to the Ottoman times when the chefs of the sultan palace and the other noble kitchens were way more lavish with the use of spices. Finest seasonings that money could buy from around the globe – this is what Ottoman dishes used to taste like: black pepper from South-East Asia, musk from Siberia and Himalayas, saffron from Middle East, mastic from Cyprus. While many features of Ottoman cuisine can still be found in the modern Turkish cooking there is a tremendous change in the use of spices. Modern Turkish cooks use more locally grown seasonings and do not go overboard with it – in a particular dish it is common to use just a few spices.