...I was talking about Bulgarian Boza.  As you may have noticed most of the food and drink in Bulgaria are actually Turkish or Greek in origin but mostly Turkish, dating back to Ottoman times. It is known that in 1600s there were more than 300 boza shops in Istanbul where 1100 bozacı used to work.(http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosya:Turkish_bragagiu,_1880.jpg) In those times boza was sold on the streets by streetsellers called "Bozacı" calling, "Boooozaaaaaaa....Boooozaaaaaaaa" till the very late hours of the day. Still sometimes on special days you can hear them selling boza in this traditional way.

Here in Turkey boza is lighter in colour and it is not as tick as the one made in Bulgaria and it is seasoned and served with cinnamon and roasted chickpeas (I haven't tried that one -- if only i liked cinnamon!) Surely, It is a winter drink. One that is sold in supermarkets nowadays can stay fresh up to 25 days in +8C degrees. Fresh? How fresh?


http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosya:Boza.jpg

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