Russian samovar

samovar, metal urn, often of brass, with a spigot near its base, widely used in Russia to boil water for tea. In traditional samovars water is heated by means of a vertical tube, containing burning charcoal, running up the middle of the urn. A filled teapot is set atop the chimney to steep. A lighter brew can be obtained by adding more water to the teacup from the spigot. Traditionally, a samovar was used for all household needs that required hot water, and almost all families possessed one…

The giant, metal, hot-water urns are at the center of Russian tea culture — and national identity. How that came to be may have as much to do with Russian literature as common usage.

Russian Samovar tea set.

MARKED T. P. T. TULSKIY PATRONNIY ZAVOD, TULA, RUSSIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

love a working samovar

I received two postcards today. The second one was from Russia...and was a personal swap at the sender's request. The postcard shows many samovars which are used in and around Russia. A samovar is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water. Since the heated water typically is used to make tea, many samovars have a ring-shaped attachment around the chimney to hold and heat a teapot filled with tea concentrate. Though traditionally heated with coal or charcoal, many…

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