Asfour delight Hafez Mustafa 300 grams

Turkish delight is one of the most famous and oldest types of Turkish sweets, as it began being made in Turkey nearly 500 years ago. It is a jelly dessert, served in small pieces, easy to chew, and delicious in taste. It is made from starch and sugar and has various flavors and colors depending on the additional ingredients inside it.

The name came from the Arabic language, where it was called “rahat-ul hulkum,” because its taste is soothing to the throat. Then the name was changed and shortened, so it became called “Lokum.”

Its name in English is “Turkish delights,” which is a name given to it by a British traveler who visited Istanbul at the end of the nineteenth century. He tried it and was very impressed by its taste, so he decided to take it to his country, where he gave it this name.

Halqoum Al-Asfour Hafez Mustafa
The history of Hafiz Mustafa HAFIZ MUSTAFA

The history of Hafez Mustafa sweets began in 1864, during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz, when Ismail Hakki Bey, father of Hafez Mustafa, began making sweets in the basement of the building in which he lived in the Eminönü Bahçekapı area in Istanbul, and gained a good reputation because of people’s admiration for the sweets he made.

His son, Hafez Mustafa Ismail, was a muezzin in the Arbacilar Mosque, but he also loved and was interested in the field of sweets, so he learned from his father the making of Turkish sweets and began to help him, and he invested in the spread of Turkish sweets around the world. He added to the traditional sweets industry, the production of coffee, tea, chocolate, lokum, and other products that spread in various countries.

Hafiz Mustafa won 11 medals in the field of pastry and sweets manufacturing in Europe between the years 1926 and 1938, and his son, Jamil Bey, continued the same path of success and expansion after him. A book was written about Hafez Mustafa, called “Secrets of Hafez Mustafa,” by Colombian author Francisco Leal Quevedo.

Today, Hafez Mustafa sweets shops are considered the most popular destination for tourists who want to taste the delicious original taste of various types of Turkish sweets, in addition to exporting them to many countries of the world.

Halqoum Al-Asfour Hafez Mustafa

Ingredients of Hafez Mustafa’s Asfour Delight

Turkish lokum sweets consist of jelly, sugar, and starch, and their flavors and foods vary.

Turkish delight is usually served to guests at home with Turkish coffee or tea, and has traditional hospitality boxes designated for it. This dessert is also served in all Turkish restaurants and cafes. It is popular among all social classes in Turkey, especially on religious holidays, national occasions, parties, and birthdays. It is one of the most famous Turkish exports to Europe and the rest of the world.