Boza

Boza is a thick, lightly fermented grain drink of the Balkans, Turkey and Central Asia, made by boiling a cereal — most often millet, but also wheat, bulgur or maize — into a porridge, sweetening it, and letting it ferment with a little starter into a pale, tangy beverage. It is sweet-and-sour, faintly floral and nutty, and so dense that it is half-drunk and half-spooned. Only mildly alcoholic at around one percent, it is traditionally a winter drink, sold from dedicated boza shops and street carts. In Turkey it is served cold with a dusting of cinnamon and a handful of crunchy roasted chickpeas (leblebi) on top.