Hafiz Mustafa Double Roasted Pistachio Turkish Delight, Mixed Tin

Çifte kavrulmuş — “double roasted” — is the lokum Istanbul takes seriously: the delight paste is cooked a second time over the kettle, so each cube comes out denser, chewier and deeper in colour than everyday Turkish delight. This tin holds Hafiz Mustafa’s mixed double roasted pistachio assortment. Every cube is packed with whole pistachios, and the varieties move through pomegranate, honey, coconut, kiwi and orange, coloured only with natural extracts such as paprika, curcumin and anthocyanin, then finished with a light sugar dusting.

Hafiz Mustafa has made sweets in Istanbul since 1864, when Hacı İsmail Hakkı Bey opened a sugar-candy shop in Bahçekapı during the reign of Sultan Abdulaziz. His son Hafız Mustafa gave the house its name, and the oval portrait emblem reading “Hacı İsmail Hakkızade Hafız Mustafa 1864” still seals the famous red metal tin. The confectioner states it uses no preservatives, no additives and no artificial colourants, sweetening its lokum with natural beet sugar.

The heavy embossed tin is half the gift — the kind that stays on a kitchen shelf long after the last cube is gone. It comes in three sizes: 350 g, 570 g and a full 1 kg. We buy these tins fresh from Hafiz Mustafa in Istanbul and dispatch them the same or next day, delivered to your door.

Allergen note: contains pistachios (tree nuts); Hafiz Mustafa notes possible traces of other nuts in its delight range. Store in a cool, dry place away from sunlight — and if it has been refrigerated, give it two hours at room temperature before serving, ideally next to an unsweetened Turkish coffee or a glass of black tea.