The memory of a town in every chest
Once, the bounty of Ordubad travelled by caravan to Tabriz, Tiflis and Istanbul. Today that heritage is presented in handmade chests, with a numbered passport.
The first fruit — like the orchard's first harvest, a chest for getting acquainted. Size 22×22×8 cm, 4 compartments. Price: 400 ₼.
For the forty days of winter — a six-slot table chest. Size 30×22×10 cm, 6 compartments. Price: 600 ₼.
A casket of treasures — eight slots of nuts and signature flavours. Size 36×28×12 cm, 8 compartments. Price: 900 ₼.
The head of the town — Ordubad's flavour map in ten compartments. Size 40×30×12 cm, 12 compartments · 10 + 2 · single layer. Price: 1 400 ₼.
The most honoured corner of the home — a chest opened for guests. Size 46×36×12 cm, 15 compartments · single layer. Price: 2 200 ₼.
Finished in gold — fifty copies a year, with a numbered passport. Size 52×42×16 cm, 12 slots · 4 jam/tea + 8: 4 slots of jam or tea (golden tea, thyme) + 8 slots of nuts and signature sweets. By request only.
The Xarıbülbül Collection — a gift given in the name of Victory: a 24-carat gold xarıbülbül on the lid and a share of the Ordubad orchard inside. Natural walnut, 30×40×8 cm, 10 compartments (8 nuts and sweets + 2 jars of jam or tea). Price: 700 ₼.
The home's open table — in two sizes, with dried fruit and nuts from the Ordubad orchard. Size 21×21×6 · 31×31×7 cm, 6 · 9 compartments. Price: 90 ₼ · 190 ₼.
On behalf of your company, in the language of heritage. Each chest design is custom-made to match your company's brand book.
- Where does the name Zərnigar come from? — The art of ornamenting with gold and liquid gold, and the most patient work of Ordubad's masters — the story behind the name of our limited chest.
- Qeysariyya — the memory of the covered bazaar — A stopping place for Silk Road caravans, the heart of Ordubad's trade — the historic place that inspired our brand.
- "Ordubad is the pearl of Azerbaijan" — National leader Heydar Aliyev's love for Ordubad — the worth of a town in a single sentence.
- Ordubad — a five-thousand-year-old town — From Gamigaya to the Silk Road, from the Juma Mosque to the kahrizes — a short history of one of Azerbaijan's oldest towns.
- How many varieties of apricot are there in Ordubad? — Apricot varieties «Ağ ərik», «Şalax», «Badamı», «Novrəstə»… — a town's apricot map and the qakh tradition.
- The Ordubad lemon — a marvel of indoor gardening — A lemon grown on the shushaband, pollinated by hand, two years in the ripening — why it has no equal in the world.
- Thyme — the mountain's remedy, the table's fragrance — Thyme gathered in the Zangezur mountain pastures — from tea to jam, from remedy to tradition.
- Walnut jam — the secret of the green walnut — Forty days of water, seven days of lime, three times on the fire — Ordubad's most laborious jam.
- Novruz — the seven secrets of the table — The xonça tray, samani, the seven "s" and the Wednesdays — Novruz's thousand-year-old table rules and gift-giving tradition.
- Ramadan and Gurban — two festivals of sharing — The rules of the iftar table, the fast broken with dates, the sharing out of portions at Gurban — and the place of the corporate gift at these two festivals.
- Victory, Independence, Salvation — the language of gifts on public holidays — 8 November, 28 May, 15 June, 18 October, 31 December — each date has its own meaning and its own tone in a corporate gift.
- Nübar, Çillə, Mücrü — the meaning of our names — The first three chests of the collection come from three ideas of the old Azerbaijani home: the first fruits, the forty days of winter and the casket of treasures.
- Sərşəhər, Şahnişin, Zərnigar — the meaning of our names — The three large chests of the collection take their names from the most honoured places of the town, the home and the craft.
- Alana and sucuq — Ordubad's signature sweets — An apricot with its stone removed and filled, walnuts threaded on a string and dipped in syrup — two ancient recipes, two signature flavours.
- How is a chest assembled? — From selection to the numbered passport — the stages by which each box is assembled by hand, and our quality rules.
- General information about the Ordubad district — A district stretching along the Araz at the foot of the Lesser Caucasus: its borders, villages, history and protected monuments in one place.
- «Where are you from?» — «I am from Ordubad»: the history of an answer — Why does a person from Ordubad say not «I am from Nakhchivan» but «I am from Ordubad»? The answer is written in the stone inscription of the Juma Mosque.
- The history and customs of Novruz — From the four Wednesdays to the festive table — the customs of our oldest holiday, which welcomes the coming of spring.
- Ordubad walnut — In Nakhchivan the walnut is called «cəviz», and the richest of all grow in Ordubad. Its varieties, season and place on the table.
- What is Ordubad qayğanaq? How is it made? — Not an omelette, but a honeyed sweet that resembles a pie. The finer points of a recipe passed from mother to daughter.
- Mulberries and dried mulberries — Fruit with a short life once picked from the tree is dried on the rooftops and becomes a delicacy for the whole year.
- The yarrow plant — A perennial herb of the Nakhchivan mountains: how to recognise it, when it is gathered and how it is used in folk tradition.
- Nakhchivan-Ordubad qovurma — Both a winter provision and a ready meal. A kitchen classic that gave rise to the saying «it is sealed in its own fat».
- Interesting facts about Ordubad — Doors without locks, the «40 steps» kahrizes, the custom of sweet tea and the legend of Noah — the stories that make Ordubad Ordubad.
- Thyme — Ordubad thyme with rose and lemon scents: its composition and its place in the kitchen and at the tea table.
- The chamomile plant — Known in folk tradition as kamila and mollabashi flower: its species, gathering and soothing tea.
- The chashir plant and chashir pickle — A perennial herb that adorns the slopes of Nakhchivan in spring, and one of the oldest pickles of the national cuisine.
- Mulberry doshab (mulberry bakhmaz) — An ancient delicacy made by thickening white mulberry juice: its composition, uses and measure.
- New Year corporate gifts: the taste of nature in a wooden chest — A memorable gift for employees and partners: natural jam, nuts and sweets — in a wooden chest.
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