Azerbaijani tea culture

[1] Traditional tea is served with lemon, cube sugar, sweets and fruit desserts (not jam).

[2] Sometimes thyme, mint or rose water is added, which is believed to be good for the stomach and heart.

Men sit in a chaykhana, playing backgammon (nard), reading newspapers and drinking tea.

From then on, Lankaran became the main area in Azerbaijan for the cultivation of rice, tea, citrus fruit and vegetables.

[citation needed] Tea is served with various delicious sweets, fruit jam and sliced lemon.

Archaeologist Tufan Akhundov found a pottery samovar, possibly up to 3,600 years old, in Sheki a town located at the foothills of the Caucasus.