Tatar Cay: Where Tradition Meets Taste

Tatar Tea is tradition

Numerous travelers visiting the Tatar lands described the national cuisine as hearty and delicious, simple and refined. They were amazed by the variety and rare combinations of ingredients, as well as the hospitality, which was long remembered. According to ancient Tatar custom, a festive tablecloth was spread in honor of a guest, and the finest delicacies were set on the table—sweet chak-chak, baursak, kosh-tele, talkysh-kalyava, sherbet, linden honey, and, of course, fragrant tea. Hospitality has always been highly valued in the East. "An inhospitable person is inferior," was a saying among Muslims. Guests were not only treated but also presented with gifts. The guest was expected to reciprocate. People used to say, "Kunak ashi - kara karshi," which means "Guest hospitality is mutual."