Zaharni Zavodi Lokum Bulgarian Delight 170g (6oz)

Zaharni Zavodi Lokum Bulgarian Delight is a rose-flavoured or classic Turkish delight from Zaharni Zavodi — Bulgaria's oldest and largest confectionery company — in the lokum format that represents one of the most ancient confections of the Ottoman-Balkan confectionery tradition. Zaharni Zavodi (meaning Sugar Factories) is a Bulgarian confectionery institution with origins in the 1890s, producing chocolate, biscuits, and confections including lokum that have been part of Bulgarian sweet culture for over a century — a brand whose products represent the continuity of Bulgarian confectionery from the Ottoman-influenced sweet tradition through the Soviet era and into the modern market. Lokum — known in English as Turkish delight — is one of the most historically significant confections of the Ottoman Empire, consumed across the entire zone of Ottoman cultural influence from Istanbul to Cairo to Sofia and Belgrade, made from sugar, starch, and flavourings that range from rose water and mastic to pistachios and citrus. Eat a piece alongside strong coffee or Turkish coffee as the traditional Ottoman-Balkan sweet-break combination, serve on a plate with other confections as part of a dessert assortment, or gift a box as the classic Eastern Mediterranean confection that crosses all the borders of the former Ottoman world.