Turkish Tea plantation started in 1838, which they brought turkish black tea, seeds from Japan but due to technological, geographical conditions they could not be successful.
During this period one of Japanese Tea master visited Turkey and served Japanese Tea to Sultan and this gave influence to coffee drinking people to change to tea drinking.
Today,Turkish became heavy tea drinker and Turkish tea is one main export item to Middle East, and Russian countries. Word “Cay” cannot neglect in the Turkish daily life.