New brews: While Turkey's tea scene has remained unchanged for generations, producers like Lazika, a Rize-based start-up founded in 2016, are beginning to break with tradition.

In fact, the country's consumption of tea leads all other nations per capita, as per a 2022 study published by Statista. Around 90% of participants noted they drink the beverage regularly.

Red raspberry leaf, or Rubus idaeus folium, refers to an herbal substance containing dried, chopped leaves that a person can prepare into tea. Some evidence suggests the leaves contain bioactive ...

Tea owes its popularity in Turkey largely to price. In the second half of the 19th century, when tea arrived in the Ottoman empire, the economy was in decline.