On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 14:54:46 -0800, Ripon wrote:

>
> Once I told him, I want to make Turkish kabob and missing some spices. He
> gave me his simple, wide smile and say- "don't worry friend, Titu will
> solve your problem".

I am a great fan of Turkish tea myself. They grow their tea on the Black
Sea (Trabzon etc), where Jason and the Argonauts frolicked some years ago.
I was in Turkey when they had no foreign exchange for coffee and the
much-acclaimed Turkish coffe was not available. Tea was, everywhere! Going
into any shop a boy would come along with a tray of steaming hot tea on it.
Turkish tea is very low in tannin and can be kept for quite a while in the
upper part of their samovar, to be diluted with water from the lower art.
Put a sugar cube between your teeth and add tea!
There are quite a lot of Ceylon teas sold for this purpose as well, I
think they get bitter too quickly.
JB