Sobya, Beverages Favorites Ramadan in Mecca

Mark Ramadan with a typical dish. Distinctive tradition of this kind not infrequently lead to business people to cheating. One of them recorded in the sales story sobia not meet health standards in the Al-Shouqiya, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Sobia is a traditional beverage blended from raisins, wheat and yeast or dry bread. There are three types of release that is a favorite thirst when breaking the fast: sobia red, white sobia, and sobia raisins.

Sobia red, made ​​from grain, flour, cardamom, cinnamon and crusty bread. Sobia white similar to the red, the difference is only in terms of color with the addition rasperry. While sobia raisins come from Yemen by adding cinnamon and cardamom ..

During Ramadan, one liter liter sobia along the market sold for 6-12 dinars depending on its type. Sobia raisin is the most expensive among the three types sobia.

Local city government has deployed special forces to uncover sales sobia contaminated. "We have tightened control over the sale of counterfeit sobia by expatriates," he said, as quoted by Arab News.

Supervision is done after officers arrested a bunch eskpatriat who was preparing the drink with ingredients and equipment that are not hygienic. The officer then confiscated 6,000 liters sobia that do not meet health standards, along with the materials of