Boza: An old traditional Turkish beverage

It’s very common to get startled by someone who is shouting ‘boza’ on the streets of Istanbul. Street vendors sell boza all throughout winter and people of all ages enjoy this centuries old beverage
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[@Buggy_d_cloun]

Boza is famouse in Albania too, we drink that in sumer cold, and with icecream is perfect ;p

[@lvpn144]

Beautiful Turkey one of the best countries to live in the world. MashAllah

[@jakecommonty2042]

No.

[@omarahmet9094]

@@jakecommonty2042 tf u mean ? its one of the best countries

[@angelinapatt5589]

Its funny that only turkish ppl say that

[@jakecommonty2042]

@@omarahmet9094 Turkey GDP: $649 billion. Turkey GDP per capita: $7,715 Turkey GINI: 43.0 Turkey inflation: 14%

[@AbadurRhaman-vq9ui]

@@jakecommonty2042 I don't think we are here to study!

[@syacharfian2570]

wow! i want to try it! love from Indonesia 🇲🇨🇹🇷❤️

[@edinpandzic5838]

OOOOHHHH, so this is an ottoman drink....I am in Bosnia, and my father often mentions this drink, from his childhood i guess....he tried to make it a few times but it did not turn out so good as he did not have the recipe...

[@cezarcucu8379]

no it s acctualy an Greek or Lyrian drink, people used to drink that in Balcanic-Anatolia before the coming of the Turkish people

[@thekraken1173]

@@cezarcucu8379 Yes its 69420 years old ancient Greek recipe stolen by Turks. Its true name is Bozaki but Barbar Turks changed it. Actually Turks and other Balkan nations have had no historical drinks or food. It is all stolen from Greece. /s

[@somebody1241]

Good, i am a person with Bosnian ancestry in Turkey and i like this drink too.

[@lordGalthran]

ok now im obsessed with turkish delight and boza 😤 (iwant to taste it before idie 😅😅)

[@murkymurk8305]

After reading A Strangeness in My Mind, I would love to try. Hopefully from a street vendor. Greetings from Japan.

[@SuyashJ]

that book is what got me here

[@maliks3624]

I also love it ....from India

[@taytse803]

In Orhan Pamuk's book A Strangeness in My Mind. Mevlut also bought unprocessed boza from Vefa! what a surprized!

[@rashidapatel722]

👏mashaAllah.....really interesting 👌. 💕💕live & learn 😀 👍

[@Alperentrg]

The history goes way back to the times where the turks lived in central asia over a 1000 years ago. You can still find it in the same way in Kyrgyzstan today. They call the drink "Bozo"

[@kiiiiit5109]

boza is also drunk in Kazakhstan, i love it

[@theancientsancients1769]

It's easy to make? I don't think so 😂 But it looks and sounds interesting! A fermented hot drink never heard of

[@tinahuttner7280]

Think it depends on what a person would find is “easy”, I’d say it’s time consuming.

[@soph1986]

Love it n will defo try it one day inshallah

[@ZafarKhan-kf4pz]

Wow 😋

[@user-ik6ok4hg1b]

I want one 😄. Slman from Libya.

[@marrex9318]

Best Boza needs years of experience to bring the taste of the original, cuz i have tasted all kind of Boza's. 😊 most don't know how to make it.

[@maazkalim]

Why's there a possessive “S”?

[@towardslight1840]

Wow its start of summer here in India

[@turan2815]

it is snowing in Austria

[@monsternim7351]

Dead hot in Southern coast of India

[@selat767]

Thats where the word booze comes from in English

[@maazkalim]

Cite your claim. Preferably from independently-reliable sources, huh?

[@ishiahmed5346]

Turkey and turkish people are amazing

[@faheem98498]

Wow inshallah I will make & try

[@NasheBeLike]

Omg I want to try it

[@shrijitmazumdar8156]

Wonderful drink

[@imranshaikshaik9753]

This summer any special? Plz

[@arfaouisami2955]

well Tunisian bouza i guess is more fancy .. with hazelnuts and milk ! :D

[@mamer7997]

Great

[@m.mumtaz1028]

Love TURKEY from PAKISTAN

[@user-vo5ir2wy5r]

❤❤❤

[@mmsia7775]

I like this. How is it made

[@mdzeeshanali6097]

The journalist also beautiful

[@zeletone6620]

Is it like Orxhata?

[@mohdshariq3062]

Roohafza lovers like ❤️

[@mohdshariq3062]

@imbo mohammad 👍❤️

[@christineholliday4564]

I've been to Turkey twice & did not see this! This makes me sad as I don't know when I'll get back to Turkey & this looks really good. I did have selep many times though & it was great when it was so cold in December. Love & prayers to Turkey. May Allah keep you safe 💗🙏💗

[@christineholliday4564]

@Azam Raza No. Both times were in December. I started in Istanbul & went all the way to Samandag, Antakya. The Hatay region... Never saw this drink. I wish I had. Looks wonderful!

[@dibmalek6412]

man leave this fake business buy tangible assets like land and farms the system of the world will fell virtual currency won't last

[@christineholliday4564]

@@dibmalek6412 Turkey as America...as any contry... The backbone is the land...the people who work the land... My special family in Samandag work the land! I've spent many hours helping to harvest their olives... But, there was also time to enjoy the simple pleasures of tea, or selep or even simit from the humble street vendors who work just as hard as the person in the field... And what better way to let the world know about these wonderful things other than social media?? Some people may never be blessed to travel & experience these things themselves. I for one am grateful I am able to keep up with this wonderful land & her wonderful people through videos like this 💗🙏💗 May God/Allah bless & protect us ALL

[@masterplayzasian9186]

fun fact in this video there are two cats who want to know what is this much fuss is about

[@r7ahtesham885]

It's just been summer here in Saudi Arabia and it's now winter in Turkey?

[@user-bu9se7rv1q]

In Egypt We drink it It called boza too

[@moshinuddin5527]

She is beautiful 👌

[@alimaxamed3660]

Bring it back we love 💕 you turkeys stand up for the oppressed people of the world 🌍 it has been long long

[@sarkalakoma2228]

how I see that so I really most going to the istanbul nex year on holiday

[@ryanalishah1414]

Love from Pakistan just hoping this tradition from the ottomans never gets finished

[@abdimalikhaji5339]

Am from Somalia We what in Somalia 🇸🇴 to that drink

[@filhanislamictv8712]

This makes me want to visit Turkey..more than I already do..

[@elemparador]

No, don't come.

[@AHMEDAhmed-bg9wp]

I need one ..

[@faeldaug9719]

What music plays at 2:18?

[@k.d674]

The recipe is always preserved through family within the Albanian pastry chefs, and back in the ottoman days the confectionery and the pastry chefs where famously Albanian, this is a known fact even among older Turkish people today!

[@nahidfahad1007]

In Bangladesh we called it "Molida"........it is also a traditional Bangladeshi food but only for Ramdan

[@arifinmoon4871]

Bro you are from Barisal right?

[@dibmalek6412]

Made from waht

[@nahidfahad1007]

@@arifinmoon4871 na khulna ......haha apni barisal ?

[@nahidfahad1007]

@@dibmalek6412 same product.

[@arifinmoon4871]

@@nahidfahad1007 ji bhai

[@atikkhan6148]

Good

[@diariosdelextranjero]

I remember reading the words of a Turkish author who wrote a book in which the protagonist sells Boza in the streets like this. Does anyone remember the name of the book and the author ?

[@ulkuhavis6296]

It is "A strangeness in my mind " by Orhan Pamuk

[@diariosdelextranjero]

@@ulkuhavis6296 thanks !!

[@faizanalam1244]

Is it alcoholic /halal

[@Phoenix-cp3pn]

Journalist name?

[@proudindia2620]

Love Turkey ❤️

[@AliAhmed-ku3wz]

♥ 😘 From Pakistan 🇵🇰 ♥ 😘

[@OFaruk58]

O its really eazy to make

[@muhammedsahal8406]

I got a taste of it already from Pamuk.

[@khruslsbgdo0]

We would love to see istanbuk diring ramadan

[@DarioHaruni]

It's been a week since I've been drinking about a litre of boza a day. Now that I learned it's a sign of winter coming, I get it why.

[@zeyyl8311]

İts called liquid bread by nutritionists,, that much calorie

[@jzk2020]

It will make you a fat boy?

[@zeyyl8311]

@@jzk2020 daily basis yes,, once a week no

[@Big-BossX]

@@jzk2020 will make you stronk boi

[@dibmalek6412]

I need it every day

[@dibmalek6412]

@@Big-BossX 😅

[@joeyalkassim3170]

Is this same as 'kisoori (Bangladeshi) Kichuri (Hindi)

[@zubair2k3]

No, kichari is like a risotto and is not fermented, it is eaten not drunk like Boza. Hope that helps...

[@Quran_Recite0]

Watery mouth,,😋

[@kamalaalkishiyeva1582]

Why we havent got this drink?😒

[@zack256300]

You probably don't live in Turkey..😀

[@kamalaalkishiyeva1582]

@@zack256300 ☺

[@kashifsyed800]

Is it halal?

[@jvbiians2358]

Is it alcoholic?

[@MUHAMMADYAWARIFRAHEEM]

Recipe please

[@banks786blud7]

Does it not become alcoholic after all that and yeast have fermented?

[@sheikhspear8910]

It does have slight alcoholic content.

[@ardi08]

@@sheikhspear8910 So that is actually prohibited for Muslims to drink it, isn't it?

[@sheikhspear8910]

@@ardi08 could be. But since the amount is very less traditionally people don't consider it alcoholic cause there was no way for them to measure the alcohol content. Now we know that it has alcohol content. There is substantial amount of debate regarding many fermented products in Islam. For products like Boza, Kefir etc. However, there are many other food products that have trace amount of alcohol and are halal. For example, very ripe Banana, Pear, many breads and even some fruit juices are found to have very slight amount of Alcohol content.

[@jondo7680]

Seems like I have to copy this answer under every question that asks similar things: Chemically as much alcohol as you can find in yoghurt (which is fermented milk), so if you eat yoghurt you can drink it. Nobody should get drunk from it, or do you know anyone who gets drunk from yoghurt? Also a Mufti in Turkey gave a fatwa based on the book Fatawa al-Hindiyya that it doesn't count as alcohol. I could give you source but it's Turkish.

[@ThomasJHegyi]

✨🙏👌💛❤️🥰✨

[@bozkurtkara8337]

Now Greeks will come and say: ahh Bozavici, its Greek drink:D

[@turkishpunisher6386]

Bozavaki*

[@DeeperSoul]

Hahahaha Greeks always do that LOL!

[@megasbasileios3154]

I'm Greek, I wouldn't say that because I don't know it's story But greece has lots of things to be proud of and not some random drink......

[@DeeperSoul]

@@megasbasileios3154 like swimming 👙🥽 🌊 😂

[@megasbasileios3154]

@@DeeperSoul I'm serious.... Even you know that..... Democracy, philosophy, historiography, art, logic, theater, Olympic games, thinking, science, astronomy, physics, algebra, geometry, mathematics, Greece has shaped the world as we know it and what have you done? A drink? 😂 Stop talking nonsense my friend and go drink your boza 😂 Study some history then come back we can talk as civilized men with respect

[@protectkashmirmovementboyc7252]

🇵🇰❣️🇹🇷 we want ottoman empire back

[@mohdshariq3062]

Me t

[@haselnussbraunschwarz1212]

Piss off we don't want Arabs Erdoğan will lose and turkey will be Turkish again and take your Islamist black stone religion with you

[@terrybogars8933]

@@haselnussbraunschwarz1212 screw you would never reach turkey if turks wouldnt be muslim

[@Exodia.57]

no we dont want the empire ottoman back we dont want monarchy plz my pakistani brother keep your fantasies for yourself

[@syacharfian2570]

yes, with Almahdi khilafah will comeback

[@Altaykaan1]

Boza, çok eski Tatar, Türk içeceği olup, akdarı dan yapılır, hem magnezyum ve demir oranı yüksektir

[@pappuqasai000]

I like doner burger 🙂

[@hattusilli2225]

In swahili has really funny meaning.

[@dijaMohd]

Yamaanisha nini bonzo ama?😁

[@shiekhwaleedmiral-protein2819]

Fermented? Does it contain alcohol?

[@kent4200]

no

[@prateekkumar9872]

Yup but only 1%

[@shiekhwaleedmiral-protein2819]

@@prateekkumar9872 well then it sucks

[@yusuffabriziobosco9841]

It is perfectly ḥalāl to drink a fermented drink which doesn’t intoxicate

[@user-fq8bc6xi3o]

@@shiekhwaleedmiral-protein2819 No, i don't think it sucks. Maybe you are the one who suck. :)

[@tonysoprano1838]

Sonunda gerçekten türk aksanı ile konuşan bir sunucu , diğer aptallar gibi başka aksanları taklit etmeye çalışmıyor.

[@ozgurizgiman188]

My turkey de ki sunucular aksan taklit etmiyor , doğup büyüdükleri yerin aksanı ile konuşuyorlar..

[@Tulipsaki]

Why are the masks down?

[@thairinkhudr4259]

is this boza halal? one day I want to visit Turkey and would like to try this!

[@Big-BossX]

Yes brother but you have to drink it fast because if it stays around too long it becomes alcohol then its haram

[@jondo7680]

Seems like I have to copy this answer under every question that asks similar things: Chemically as much alcohol as you can find in yoghurt (which is fermented milk), so if you eat yoghurt you can drink it. Nobody should get drunk from it, or do you know anyone who gets drunk from yoghurt? Also a Mufti in Turkey gave a fatwa based on the book Fatawa al-Hindiyya that it doesn't count as alcohol. I could give you source but it's Turkish.

[@thairinkhudr4259]

@@jondo7680 Nice, thanks! Your effort is counted by the Almighty :)

[@DeeperSoul]

Salep vs Boza

[@hasnainsheikh2124]

I love turki and Erdogan i will die for turki

[@revivalist355]

Why would you die for a nation? That would be a death of jahiliyya

[@goshighumman6333]

Istanbul is full of life.

[@SAMI-gc1hx]

Is it alcoholic, halal or not?

[@prateekkumar9872]

It contains only 1% alcohol

[@ardi08]

@@prateekkumar9872 Means it's haram for Muslims

[@turkologistifaz]

Not that 1% alcohol is haram....... because 1% is not causing intoxication !!

[@jondo7680]

Seems like I have to copy this answer under every question that asks similar things: Chemically as much alcohol as you can find in yoghurt (which is fermented milk), so if you eat yoghurt you can drink it. Nobody should get drunk from it, or do you know anyone who gets drunk from yoghurt? Also a Mufti in Turkey gave a fatwa based on the book Fatawa al-Hindiyya that it doesn't count as alcohol. I could give you source but it's Turkish.

[@hustleandgrow6482]

Was this popular during Ertugrul era? Love from Pakistan

[@sayedhossainkingdom9255]

I hope that is Halal.

[@jondo7680]

Seems like I have to copy this answer under every question that asks similar things: Chemically as much alcohol as you can find in yoghurt (which is fermented milk), so if you eat yoghurt you can drink it. Nobody should get drunk from it, or do you know anyone who gets drunk from yoghurt? Also a Mufti in Turkey gave a fatwa based on the book Fatawa al-Hindiyya that it doesn't count as alcohol. I could give you source but it's Turkish.

[@SamKhan-kd2kv]

I guess this drink was also depicted in Ertugral.

[@sangalgojo2511]

Boooooozzzzaaaaa....

[@AhmedAli-ow9jm]

Its Syrien

[@turan2815]

When you say turk you mean turk but ottomans are 🇹🇷🇦🇿🇧🇦🇺🇦🇦🇱🇽🇰🇷🇸🇲🇪🇱🇾🇭🇺🇶🇦🇸🇦🇮🇶🇸🇾🇱🇧🇪🇬🇩🇿🇭🇺🇧🇬🇷🇴🇬🇪🇦🇲🇮🇱🇵🇸🇾🇪🇦🇪🇰🇼🇸🇩🇸🇴🇸🇳🇴🇲🇲🇰🇭🇷🇹🇳🇲🇩🇬🇷i think they are more😂

[@kent4200]

yeah Jordan and parts of Malaysia and Indonesia were also ottoman

[@ardi08]

@@kent4200 Both part of Malaysia and Indonesia are just vassal state, not fully occupied like those nations

[@kent4200]

@@ardi08 Ik but it still kinda counts

[@bilgekaanmetehan6632]

Thanks for this great video. But sugar is such a bad ingredient, causing flammation/oxidation and reducing oxygen in a healthy body, and it is the best friend of cancer. I really thing that the Ottomans at that time used REAL honey instead of sugar, isn‘t it?

[@prateekkumar9872]

😂😂😂😂😂😂it contains alcohol

[@aichabelcaid2813]

Or dates because dates activate yeast and yeast that she used is manufactured not traditional healthy

[@turkishpunisher6386]

@@prateekkumar9872 it contains... cow meat 👀

[@prateekkumar9872]

@@turkishpunisher6386 In the 17th century, Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-1687) prohibited alcoholic drinks including boza, and closed down all the boza shops. This prohibition would be reinforced and then loosened several times in the history of the empire. The 17th century Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi reports that boza was widely drunk at this time, and that there were 300 boza shops employing over a thousand people in Istanbul alone. In this period, boza was widely drunk by the Janissaries in the army. It contained only a low level of alcohol, so as long as it was not consumed in sufficient quantities to cause drunkenness, it was tolerated as a warming and strengthening beverage for soldiers. As Evliya Çelebi explained in the first volume ("Istanbul") of his Seyahatname (Travelogues), "These boza makers are numerous in the army. To drink sufficient boza to cause intoxication is sinful but, unlike wine, in small quantities it is not condemned."[7] In the 19th century, the sweet and non-alcoholic boza preferred at the Ottoman palace became increasingly popular, while the sour and alcoholic type of boza went out of style. In 1876, brothers Haci Ibrahim and Haci Sadik established a boza shop in the Istanbul district of Vefa, close to the then center of entertainment, Direklerarası. This boza, with its thick consistency and tart flavor, became famous throughout the city. It is the only boza shop dating from that period still in business today, and is now run by the founders' great-great-grandchildren.

[@turkishpunisher6386]

@@prateekkumar9872 So?

[@hassanjamal4212]

Where did the ottomans find a hand held blender lol

[@faisalabdullahfarhanbba-3010]

Isn't a drink made from fermentation of grains be haram?

[@yahyahaider7942]

Alcohol fermentation roughly two to three weeks. 24 hours has 0 effect on making a drink cause intoxication, in other words it is non alcoholic

[@faisalabdullahfarhanbba-3010]

@@yahyahaider7942 Thanks for the clarification brother. Jazak Allah humul khair.

[@yahyahaider7942]

@@faisalabdullahfarhanbba-3010 wa iyyakum bro

[@prateekkumar9872]

It has alcohol in it not much just 1%. As its fermented

[@prateekkumar9872]

@@faisalabdullahfarhanbba-3010 In the 17th century, Sultan Mehmed IV (1648-1687) prohibited alcoholic drinks including boza, and closed down all the boza shops. This prohibition would be reinforced and then loosened several times in the history of the empire. The 17th century Turkish traveler Evliya Çelebi reports that boza was widely drunk at this time, and that there were 300 boza shops employing over a thousand people in Istanbul alone. In this period, boza was widely drunk by the Janissaries in the army. It contained only a low level of alcohol, so as long as it was not consumed in sufficient quantities to cause drunkenness, it was tolerated as a warming and strengthening beverage for soldiers. As Evliya Çelebi explained in the first volume ("Istanbul") of his Seyahatname (Travelogues), "These boza makers are numerous in the army. To drink sufficient boza to cause intoxication is sinful but, unlike wine, in small quantities it is not condemned."[7] In the 19th century, the sweet and non-alcoholic boza preferred at the Ottoman palace became increasingly popular, while the sour and alcoholic type of boza went out of style. In 1876, brothers Haci Ibrahim and Haci Sadik established a boza shop in the Istanbul district of Vefa, close to the then center of entertainment, Direklerarası. This boza, with its thick consistency and tart flavor, became famous throughout the city. It is the only boza shop dating from that period still in business today, and is now run by the founders' great-great-grandchildren.

[@nursazim93]

bozo kırgız national drink!!!

[@kamalaalkishiyeva1582]

Our dear Turkish Turk Brothers, if it is easy to make then why people buy this drink? why they cant make it by themselves?

[@MD-zi6uv]

It is not easy and just like döner, it is not home made food and culturally it is sold late at night by someone wandering the streets and shouting boooooooozaa

[@kamalaalkishiyeva1582]

@@MD-zi6uv 😊😊

[@janoycresva276]

It's not a Turkish drink, the Ancient Egyptians drank a similar type of drink made with Barley instead of millet

[@prateekkumar9872]

It has alcohol in it not much just 1%. As its fermented

[@yahyahaider7942]

Alcohol fermentation roughly two to three weeks. 24 hours has 0 effect on making a drink cause intoxication, in other words it is non alcoholic

[@schorpioen7466]

Less than raki

[@jondo7680]

@@schorpioen7466 rakı is haram for sure.

[@briantole5389]

Trt is proud of the ottoman empire. I guess france should be proud of its colonial empire and the crusades

[@turkologistifaz]

Ottoman didn't do anything like France did in their colonial regions !!!!

[@zionvas6351]

Conceived by gods power,virgin birth,countless miracles n healings died 4 ur sins n arose on 3rd day saved u frm going to hell.c empty tomb in google,.?.

[@christineholliday4564]

This is not appropriate for this video... This was not a religious video. It's goal was to show a wonderful Turkish tradition still being done today. I am Christian, but I've been to Turkey twice & LOVE this wonderful country & it's people. I was shown great respect while I was there... It is NOT for me to judge anyone. God will do that. But, God/Allah does tell us all to love each other. Your comment on this video about a good product did not show love or basic respect... Makes me sad

[@turkologistifaz]

@@christineholliday4564 you are a sensible person....May Almighty always keep you happy and give you more knowledge 😊

[@christineholliday4564]

@Jamila Mohammed Thank you & you as well! May God/Allah bless you & keep you safe!

[@christineholliday4564]

@@turkologistifaz Tesekkur Ederim. Thank you! I pray God /Allah will bless you & keep you safe. 💗🙏💗

[@k.d674]

Its Albanian not Turkish!

[@drewblackmatter6669]

Salepy salepy the hellenic armenian and EGYPTIAN ARABIAN HOT DREENK .....WTF IS BOza

[@pappuqasai000]

I like doner burger 🙂