ŞERBET

The person responsible for preparing and serving sharbat in Turkey is called a şerbetçi. Some serbetci sell sharbat on the street in the traditional way. On their backs they carry a big brass flask with a long nozzle is called ibrik  and hold glasses in their sash or brass cup-holders. They serve sharbat by bending forward and filling a glass from the nozzle curved over their shoulder.From the Ottoman Empire, the edible form of sharbat also spread into the Balkan area, especially in Romania, where it is known as şerbet.