Comments on: The Samovar http://englishtea.us/2009/11/02/the-samovar/ Official Blog of the English Tea Store Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The A-Z of Tea Terms « Tea Blog http://englishtea.us/2009/11/02/the-samovar/#comment-11077 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:01:21 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=2146#comment-11077 [...] Samovar An apparatus that’s especially popular in Russia, the samovar steeps and stores concentrated tea. It is also used to dispense hot water to dilute the tea before serving. [...]

]]> By: Nikolai http://englishtea.us/2009/11/02/the-samovar/#comment-1826 Wed, 05 May 2010 18:41:28 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=2146#comment-1826 Hello. Nice article, but part of your information is incorrect. The samovar does NOT ever hold tea. Hot water only! In the photo, the samovar is shown with a “chimney extension” that lengthens the chimney. This helps make the traditional coals that go into the center “tube” burn hotter. When they are hot, the chimney extension is removed, and a tea pot filled with a lot of tea is placed on top of the shorter “chimney” that the extension was attached to previously. The tea pot holds concentrated tea. This is poured into cups and water from the samovar is added to taste.

]]> By: Alex Zorach http://englishtea.us/2009/11/02/the-samovar/#comment-1138 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:53:20 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=2146#comment-1138 Thanks for this post!

We had a samovar when I was a kid, and we’d use it to dispense hot apple cider at holiday parties…for some reason I never thought of using it for tea but it makes sense. =)

]]> By: A.C. Cargill http://englishtea.us/2009/11/02/the-samovar/#comment-898 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:56:38 +0000 http://englishtea.us/?p=2146#comment-898 Totally cool! I did some research on these recently and am now thinking of buying one. Will add your article to the volume of information I found. Thanks!

]]>