Since my food post got a comment which almost never happens I have decided to add a beverage post. So here is a list of Kyrgyz beverages I have had since I got here. Many of them I purchased from vendors off the street.
Shalap Shoro
Maksim Shoro
Kvass
Kumis
Mors
Sherbet
Ayran
Tea
Is sherbet a beverage over there?
ReplyDeleteSherbet is the indigenous term for kompot. The term is Arabic in origin I believe.
ReplyDeleteIs not Kvass a loan word from Russian into Kyrgyz? When I studied the Russian language, it was said by teachers that you could not speak good Russian without first acquiring a taste for Kvass.
ReplyDeleteDo the Kyrgyz use the same ingredients to make Kvass as the Russians like black rye bread?
der Rach
ReplyDeleteYes, kvass is a Russian drink and it is made the same here as in Rossiia.