Our community table

Anatolian Sweet Haven is more than a confectionery—it is a circle of guests, growers, artisans, and neighbours who gather around shared flavours. We invite you to add your voice, image, and stories.

Share your sweet moments

Tag photos with #AnatolianSweetClub or email them to [email protected]. We spotlight gatherings, gift rituals, and inventive pairings from around the world.

Guests sharing a copper tray of Anatolian sweets at twilight — Sunset picnic on the Izmir seafront featuring the Sunset Picnic Box.

Tea glasses and lokum during a Midnight Tea Ritual — Midnight Tea Ritual hosted on a rooftop poetry night overlooking the bay.

Gift hamper with lokum and nougat prepared as a wedding dessert board — Saffron Amber Lokum and nougat styled for a wedding dessert board in Berlin.

Guests sampling honeycomb brittle during a community tasting — Community tasting in our atelier featuring flights of rose honeycomb brittle.

Upcoming events & tastings

Join us in Izmir or online to explore new flavours, learn techniques, and meet the artisans behind the sweets.

Spice & Sound: Lokum Pairing Workshop

Date: 18 December 2025 · Location: Atelier Tasting Room, Izmir

Experience live percussion while we season lokum with freshly ground cardamom. Includes hands-on rolling and a take-home spice kit.

Honey Harvest Walk

Date: 11 January 2026 · Location: Bozdağ Mountains (transport provided)

Visit our partner apiaries, sample honey straight from the comb, and learn how we translate floral notes into brittle.

Community Recipe Swap (Virtual)

Date: 25 January 2026 · Location: Online

Share family dessert traditions and receive a digital booklet of participant recipes paired with our confections.

Crafting sweetness responsibly

Your support fuels initiatives that keep Anatolia’s heritage thriving and communities nourished. Here is how we give back together.

Scholarships for young artisans

Each quarter we fund two apprenticeships for culinary students from rural Anatolia, covering lodging, stipends, and mentoring in sugar arts.

Harvest share with ingredient cooperatives

Five percent of sales from seasonal collections returns to our partner cooperatives for soil regeneration, bee habitat preservation, and water stewardship.

Community table initiative

We donate confection trays and tea service to neighbourhood shelters every Bayram and host monthly storytelling evenings featuring refugee artisans.