Çaykur Kamelya Turkish Black Tea 500g – Rize Loose Leaf Çay
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Çaykur Kamelya is an everyday Turkish black tea grown in the misty hills of Rize, on Türkiye's Eastern Black Sea coast, and produced by Çaykur — the state tea enterprise founded in 1983 and headquartered in Rize, where Turkish tea has been cultivated since the first commercial crop was harvested in 1938. This is loose leaf tea (dökme çay), 500 g, the size most Turkish households keep on the shelf.
Within Çaykur's range, Kamelya is the smooth, lighter, easy-drinking blend — softer than the bold Tiryaki or Filiz lines. It brews bright and clear, and when steeped well it pours the deep red the Turks call tavşan kanı, "rabbit's blood," the colour a proper glass of çay is judged by. The leaf is gentle enough to drink cup after cup through the day, from morning breakfast to late-evening conversation.
How Turks brew it: the traditional way uses a çaydanlık, the stacked double teapot. Water boils in the lower kettle; a generous spoon of loose leaf steeps in the upper pot with a little hot water until strong and dark (demli). To serve, pour the concentrate into a tulip-shaped glass and top up from the lower kettle to the strength you like — koyu (dark) for a robust cup, açık (light) for a milder one. Served clear in glass, never with milk, often beside a sugar cube.
- Origin: Rize, Eastern Black Sea region of Türkiye
- Type: loose leaf black tea (dökme çay)
- Net weight: 500 g
- Producer: Çaykur (founded 1983, Rize)
- Character: smooth, balanced, easy daily brew; deep red when steeped
Store in a cool, dry place, sealed away from light, moisture and strong odours to keep the leaf fresh and aromatic. A 500 g pack goes a long way — ideal for a household that drinks Turkish tea daily, and for anyone curious to brew authentic çay the way it is made along the Black Sea coast.
