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Menengiç: The Wild Pistachio and the Coffee That Isn't Coffee
If you spend enough time wandering the hills of Lycia, sooner or later you will come across a small tree carrying berries of almost every colour at once. Some are green. Some are fuchsia, pink. Some are bright crimson, red. Some are dark purple, almost black. At certain times of the year, the leaves join the display, adding flashes of orange, crimson and deep red to the Mediterranean landscape. This is menengiç, the wild pistachio (Pistacia terebinthus). Most people walk stra
Barbaros
Jun 113 min read


Where Mountains Remember: Taurus, Artemis, and the Ancient Wild
In the shadow of the Taurus Mountains , where pine forests whisper and eagles trace the sky, the rocks hold memories older than myth....
Barbaros
Apr 30, 20253 min read


Aromatic plants of the Med: The Maquis of Lycia
Smells Like Nature When you walk on the Lycian Coast, sometimes you stop and wonder—why the air smell so good? It’s the maquis. What is...
Barbaros
Dec 17, 20243 min read
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