When it is heard the “ winter” as word, many Turkish people
relate between winter and a cup of salep…
Salep is a kind of hot , white and thick drink that’s made by milk and special powder of wild
orchid.
When Turks passed the Islamic belief they gave up alcoholic
drinks like kımız and wine and they started to consume some the others
like şıra, boza and salep without
alcohol. Şıra is generally consumed during summer months,boza and salep
have been drunk in winter time.
Salep has been used
for intestinal disease cold since ancient times. In additional, It has an
aphrodisiac effect.
In order to obtain 1 kg. of dry salep needs 2 thousand 600 orchid as averagely. If
it isn't find some effective solutions to prevent it , orchids will be faced
with extinction due to overconsumption. For this reason, orchid exports is
prohibited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Knowing all of these increase the worth of a cup of salep.Especially
if the weather was freezing cold.
