Boza
Boza is a thousands of years old, non-alcoholic, fermented drink made from the millet flour, originating from Central Asia. It is gluten free, dairy free, vegan, and probiotic. It has a unique taste which is not available in any other drink. I used to drink it at Vefa Bozacısı , a three hundred years old Boza house in Istanbul, when I was a young child. They had a family feud around early 2000s and they never recovered their taste and the quality after that event. What makes Boza particularly difficult to commercialize is that the fermentation continues even under refrigeration, and after about a week, it becomes undrinkable. Traditionally they weren't even making it during the summer for this reason. You can also find it in the grocery stores in Turkey, but the product is pasteurized to keep it consumable for days and weeks, and therefore loses all the probiotic health benefits and also some of its taste in the process. This is why I have done some research and experimenta...