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Russia was only exposed to Chinese tea in the 16th century, and by the late 17th century, tea drinking had gradually spread. To the Russian family guests, you will find in the living room table are placed on a beautiful large teapot, called “Shamavat”, is made of silver, copper, iron and other metal raw materials or ceramics handmade, the level of craftsmanship is quite high. There are conical, fan-shaped, round, cylindrical, vase-shaped, small wine glass-shaped, as well as some irregularly shaped samovar. The center part is a straight tube, used to put charcoal to boil water, in the straight tube outside is a ring-shaped bucket filled with water. There is a faucet-like switch at the lower end, and the water can be released by unscrewing the faucet when using water. There are two kinds of this kind of tea cooker, one is a teapot type, will boil water and tea utensils into one; another is a stove type, will be straight into several parts, boil tea and boil water in different parts. Nowadays, most of them use electric tea drinkers, which are only used to boil water and make tea in a teapot or a teacup. yGwTea.com
The Russians drink tea differently from us, they do not drink tea to quench their thirst, or for hospitality or pleasure, but they drink tea with cakes, scones, sweet breads, ham, cookies, sugar cubes, jam, honey and other refreshments. This is actually drinking tea as a meal. yGw tea net
Russians love black tea and are interested in our jasmine tea. They call black tea black because they drink tea as strong as it is, and black tea is so strong that it is almost black, hence the name black tea. Russians usually add sugar or honey to their tea and drink sweetened tea. This is their most common tea drinking habit. yGwTea.com
They drink tea with a very small cup, as our country’s wine cup. In the Russian countryside, people like to drink tea with a saucer. When drinking tea, the tea will be scooped in the saucer, the mouth with a mouthful of honey, hand over the saucer in the mouth, sucking the saucer in the tea, drink the sound of the louder the more you feel tasty. yGw Tea Net