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The mastika-laced salep drink is the star, offering a creamy, aromatic warmth. Reviewers consistently praise the timeless, comforting atmosphere of this historic sweet shop.
“I ordered a wonderful Turkish tea and Fabrizio a mastic coffee — not the one builders use, I'll explain. Mastic or salep is a flour widely used in the Middle East, obtained from grinding the bulbs of some orchid species. It's the same flour mixed into elastic ice cream — the one you see in viral videos where the guy does the trick. That ice cream has a very peculiar, elastic consistency because of salep, but salep also has its own very peculiar flavor. I'd say slightly bitter, slightly balsamic. This flour can be mixed with coffee and Turks prepare mastic coffee. The coffee, like all the coffees we've had since landing, is excellent. Turkish coffee itself I have to like because you mix sugar with coffee powder, then pour water over it, so there's a lot of sediment. In this case the plus is this small resinous, earthy, slightly bitter note. It's really something to try because it's a bit strange. It's very strange. A bit of an earthy sensation, you're right, but I think it tastes just like smelling flowers. From the smell I would never have thought the taste would be like this. I wouldn't drink 2 liters of it, but it's pleasant.”
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1 creator has covered Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir. Most active: Where The Foodies Go
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Istanbul Food Tour 🇹🇷 - Kebap al pistacchio, simit, wet burger, caffè al mastice e baklava - Ep.2 · @ 20:57
A historic Turkish confectionery on the main avenue, famous for Ottoman-style kataifi pastries and mastic coffee — a sweet ending to the day.
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Tramezzini Ottomani di Pasta Kataifi
We ordered Ottoman sandwiches, basically Ottoman kataifi. Ottoman sandwiches of kataifi pastry. Filled with pistachio and honey, pistachio and milk, and pistachio and pomegranate. The first thing I notice is that it weighs 120 kg. It's full of sugar, honey, etc. Oh my god, how good it is. It tastes of pomegranate without acidity and of flowers. There's a lot of orange blossom in the soak. There's the crunchiness of the kataifi pastry and then obviously of the pistachio. Look at this bomb: kataifi pastry drenched in orange blossom syrup with milk cream and pistachio. Creaminess at 1000, sugar at 1000, crunchiness. Good, good.
Caffè al Mastice (Salep)
I ordered a wonderful Turkish tea and Fabrizio a mastic coffee — not the one builders use, I'll explain. Mastic or salep is a flour widely used in the Middle East, obtained from grinding the bulbs of some orchid species. It's the same flour mixed into elastic ice cream — the one you see in viral videos where the guy does the trick. That ice cream has a very peculiar, elastic consistency because of salep, but salep also has its own very peculiar flavor. I'd say slightly bitter, slightly balsamic. This flour can be mixed with coffee and Turks prepare mastic coffee. The coffee, like all the coffees we've had since landing, is excellent. Turkish coffee itself I have to like because you mix sugar with coffee powder, then pour water over it, so there's a lot of sediment. In this case the plus is this small resinous, earthy, slightly bitter note. It's really something to try because it's a bit strange. It's very strange. A bit of an earthy sensation, you're right, but I think it tastes just like smelling flowers. From the smell I would never have thought the taste would be like this. I wouldn't drink 2 liters of it, but it's pleasant.
