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Russian-Style Tea: How to Use a Samovar

Published/Revised June 11, 2014 By David Hill This post may contain promotional and affiliate links. EuropeUpClose may receive commissions for purchases made through links in this post. Please read our disclosure for more info.

Russian-Style Tea: How to Use a Samovar

Russia is a great tea-drinking nation, and no Russian living-room is complete without the distinctive samovar bubbling away in the corner. Ever-present in the home interiors of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky novels, the appliance remains a fixture of Russian contemporary life, from Moscow to Siberia.The one concession to modernity is that nowadays it is usually heated electrically, rather than by ... Read Full Article

Filed Under: Eastern Europe, Russia Tagged With: Samovar, tea

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