Antalya Turkish Tea Glass

Antalya is the sun-drenched capital of the Turkish Riviera, where life slows down over endless glasses of çay. Served scalding hot in the tulip-shaped ince belli glass on a small saucer, Turkish tea is the ritual that binds the day together — offered in the bazaar, after meals, and at tea gardens perched on the cliffs above the Mediterranean. In Antalya's old quarter of Kaleiçi, sipping tea beneath the palms as boats drift out of the Roman-era harbour is the city's essential pleasure.