Another desert mostly served at breakfast, is helva, a kind of nougat made with sugar and crushed sesame. During summer season melon, cherry, apricot, peache, plum, apple, fig, pear and grape are plantiful. Several brands of wine and brandy is produced in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Another traditional liqour is Raki. This liqour is produced by the distillation of grapes together with aniseed.
Beer is produced and also imported, especially from mainland Turkey.
Coffee, made in the Turkish style, may be regarded as a national institution rather than a drink. It is taken very sweet, sweet boiled, medium, or without sugar. When the coffee man is serving a party, the cups are arranged in a tray with the handles pointing outwards in the case of very sweet, and at a degree towards the centre of the tray for the less sweet coffee. The cup without sugar points directly to the centre of the tray.