Ep 99: What Exactly Is Russian Tea?

[@grueneteahaus]

Like the video and post a comment. What’s your take on Russian tea? Please remember this channel is to educate people in central Texas about loose leaf tea in general; I’m not an expert in Russian tea

[@rubenskiii]

Yes, multiple versions. It's amazing but very easy to forget you are drinking a caffeine containing drink(with a lot of sugar!). Which explains why they(and Turks) can spend such long evenings outside just talking. :) Tea from Azerbeidzjan is also really interesting, and many people in the region will drink their tea with cardamom or thyme. And ofcourse there are endless numbers of regional treats that people eat with tea. In Slavic countries "High tea" is a thing, and it's very different but very good!

[@thecopticmonk9423]

@@rubenskiii cool, take. didn't know

[@blkgravido]

I've heard that there's also a costom to sweeten your tea with jam/marmelade or honey. A Polish friend of mine drinks it with evaporated milk and honey.

[@sapenelopelarsipan2915]

Samovars are so lovely

[@goeffreylundun8113]

Yes

[@catalinvasiliu3620]

You're either high or stupid. Chechnya, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine... Thousands of people killed every day for the last 25 years.... Samovars? Who the f*ck cares about that?

[@杵渕亮子]

Samowar is an old Russian invention ! It belong to their culture good. But i can not understand, why they did not develop these device further, with steam boiler under pressure and manometer etc...?!

[@hhsquizbowl]

I think that’s a fascinating combination. I would love to try it.

[@sapenelopelarsipan2915]

Lapsong is amazing g

[@sapenelopelarsipan2915]

I love your history episode on Tea

[@goeffreylundun8113]

Thanks for this. Learned much

[@grueneteahaus]

Glad it was helpful!

[@chalkymelon]

As always your history lessons are always much appreciated.

[@grueneteahaus]

Glad you like them!

[@katsybo]

OMG I’m glad I found your channel. Yea lover here!

[@grueneteahaus]

Check out the back catalog if eps and if u are ever near Austin come visit us

[@MichaelMemari]

Just discovered your channel and absolutely love it! Fun fact: The samovar is also traditionally used in Iran (as with Turkey/Central Asia, due to the Russian influence) and tea usually is drunk from a Turkish-style "fincan" cup ("fenjan" in Farsi) or a Russian-style "stakan" cup ("estekan" in Farsi).

[@Arkay66]

Being a huge fan of Lapsang souchong and Russian Caravan teas, we had a wonderful time in Alaska trying all the Russian style teas there. I prefer my teas without sugar or milk, since it's the tea flavor itself I like so much. I found not one, but two brass samovars in our local thrift store, and they are now prominently displayed at our friend's press.

[@grueneteahaus]

You are so lucky!

[@GregorM-rp6pv]

No idea that tea was so big there

[@rubenskiii]

Dude people always have the stereotype of Russians and vodka but it should be tea.

[@RadicalCaveman]

@@rubenskiii Tea with a little vodka

[@rubenskiii]

@@RadicalCaveman О боже мой...

[@heinrichb]

​@@RadicalCavemansaid no one ever

[@OGCHuila]

Same, guess cold weather must be synonymous with a hot beverage.

[@rubenskiii]

A fun sidenote: if you travel in Eastern Europe/Russia by train you will see samovars in trains, very handy if you want to make noodles as well because it also dispenses hot water. Most train operators have their own cup holders, unfortunately they get cheaper and cheaper as time goes on because so many people take them as souvenirs.

[@grueneteahaus]

thanks for sharing!

[@TheCherrybuster]

Those’re not samovars, they’re plain water heater, electric or wood fed. They’re called “tea-tuns” (titans)

[@blkgravido]

Is it still common for seeing people selling tea, from a little cart packed with a samovar and sweets, going through the train?

[@TheCherrybuster]

@@blkgravido no, there’s a boiler in every car

[@sofiapeters3340]

Such a great lesson. Thanks You. 🙏🏻👏🏻👋🏻

[@grueneteahaus]

Thanks. If you’re ever near Austin or San Antonio, come visit

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

I think to see either an antique or a beautifully crafted contemporary (but authentic) samovar in someone's home is incredibly chic. I wonder what other unpretentious items other people admire and find elegant and stylish when spotted in a person's domestic environment?

[@kamehamasterr]

First there two types of making tea in Russia: with milk or with lemon. Second: USSR has been trying to grow their own tea so there are multiple types of russian made tea nowadays.

[@tapiolankiira1968]

Nice video, Samovars are mainly 19th century item. They did not hold tea , nor were they tea dispensers. Glassa and glass holders are really late invention, and mainly relates tourist trade. Most traditional Russian tea is black Georgian tea, but its history also starts at around 1860ts or so. Sugar was scare, and when available , not used in tea ( expect maybe most affluential households ) at maybe last quarter of 19th century. Private farmers and country folks made jam, from raspberries to add to tea. Samovar , was for boiling water, and had its own place moored at side of oven. Rarely was it taken to table, with clean hot coals inside, and tea was extra strong, at it was used weeks, it was hold at small pot over smokepipe of samovar, or normally two pots were on the table. Because ceramic were poor, cold tea and water was pit in the cup, and hot water added from the samovar, them spoonfull of jam, if one was not just slave, poor peasant or worker

[@thecopticmonk9423]

love the topic! thanks so much for this episode!

[@TeamistressTX]

Belarus, the Ukraine, and much of the foreign Soviet republics, have a big tea culture as well.

[@grueneteahaus]

Thank you for sharing

[@somewonderfulguy]

Just Ukraine. No the.

[@Mark1JT]

Brewing up a cup of Russian caravan tea now.

[@grueneteahaus]

Love it

[@alonzodejalisco1440]

wow, Albert, this video has blown up!

[@asdisskagen6487]

I have a few Czar Nicholas II brand teas I got off Amazon and I love them all so very much. I was introduced to them by a Ukrainian friend. They are very flavorful, but also very high in caffeine.

[@grueneteahaus]

What’s in it Exactly do you know?

[@asdisskagen6487]

@@grueneteahaus They have black tea, and a variety of flower petals. They may also have additional flavorings like vanilla. The ingredients are in Russian, so I'm not really sure, but I can smell the vanilla and see the flower petals & tea leaves.

[@Simpaulme]

As a Brit, I like the idea of 'strong deluded tea' 🤣

[@grueneteahaus]

Thanks for dhating

[@timpauwels3734]

I heard that sometimes they sweeten the tea with jam. I’m not sure if this is accurate..

[@grueneteahaus]

In some trgions

[@5MinuteCatholicApologetics]

Russia has such a great tea drinking culture. Same for the Ukraine and Central Asia.

[@johnmay1109]

Just been reminded of the date bricks my family in Northern Australia purchased from the Chinese grocer when I was a child.

[@TheCherrybuster]

As a Russian I can assure you there’s nothing special in Russian tea, it’s pretty basic

[@ВиталийБуланенков]

There's also something you didn't mention, but we, historically, prefer black tea with lemons, it rivals the sugar as the additive, and in the past it was considered "russian" way of drinking tea, or at least I was told so

[@timpauwels3734]

In Northern Germany they also drink black tea with lemon.

[@rodrigosalazar426]

I love all things Russian: the women, the food, the weather, and definitely the tea culture

[@TheCherrybuster]

Weather? Seriously?😂

[@alexandermashin5515]

A samovar is a kettle, not a teapot. It dispences boiling water.

[@OldSchoolCooking]

Correct. It was designed, and similarly the Mongolian "Steamboat" (Hotpot), to have a central chimney and firebox that allowed for small amounts of fuel to be burned to boil water. Modern Samovars have replaced the chimney section. Fun Fact, the central boiling chamber concept is still used in the making of some brands of Camping Kettles because of its efficient use of fuel. There is some conjecture that the original Russian Caravan tras were Green Teas, and that due to weather effects and periodic drying by campfires, the tea post-fermented (or oxidised) into a darker, smoked tea. After the caravans were redundant, in order to preserve this character Lap sang Souchong was blended with Keemun, and (later?) Jinjun Mei to preserve the smokiness of the tea. one other fun fact is that Lapsang Souchong, was (may have been?) developed by mistake, but "Foreigners buying tea out of Xiamen ports like the tae so much that it became a thing.

[@smallpeople172]

In Russia, st the moment Kazakh/Uyghur tea is all the rage, basically tea with fat and in some cases, salt, in it

[@wannatalkscience4136]

Подстаканник is not a cup, it's a metal thing surrounding it. Goes back to soviet union only

[@goeffreylundun8113]

I’m glad to see you get so many views. I think it’s ridiculous. That people are saying you can’t speak on Russian tea because you’re not Russian. L O L.

[@BrigitteNolte-ln1ob]

nice video. I love the samovar from my grandpa made in the ussr but just for Deko 😂 For tea I use a electric turkish samovar. Gruene tea bist du Deutscher ? 😅

[@grueneteahaus]

i would love to see it. if you like email it to [e-mail]

[@IgorMuravyov-o5r]

Samovar is a typical russian word (Sam means self)

[@BrigitteNolte-ln1ob]

@@IgorMuravyov-o5r yes I know my grandpa bring this home when he lives in russia in soviet times.

[@TheCherrybuster]

Samovar isn’t an original Russian device, it’s originated in the Middle East or Turkey

[@timboslice980]

Haven’t I seen you on another channel?

[@alonzodejalisco1440]

It's bad optic today to say anything positive about Russia, but they do have a great tea culture!

[@TheCherrybuster]

It’s pretty basic, sorry

[@saliksayyar9793]

Not true, tea was transmitted from Central Asia and Caucasus via Iran. Samovar is not Chinese, it is Central Asian and Iranian. It came from China via Eastern Turkestan along the Silk Road

[@杵渕亮子]

Samowar is an old Russian invention ! It belong to their culture good. But i can not understand, why they did not develop these device further, with steam boiler under pressure and manometer etc...?!

[@grueneteahaus]

it is a great invention. so beautiful as well

[@spacemeestermees9675]

Conclusie Russen Engelsen houden van thee?

[@grovercleavland2698]

Is Russia really even Western?

[@grueneteahaus]

Yes, it’s people are Slavic, just like the poles, the Czechs , the Ukrainians and so forth .

[@sterlingwilkes3240]

Yes and no. They are “white” “asian” and a mix thereof genetically. They have a western style government, but spent more time ruled by the mongols than anyone else. Religiously they are eastern orthodox. Then you have ethnic minorities like the volga germans, ingush, tartars and altai

[@grovercleavland2698]

@@sterlingwilkes3240 yea that makes sense. Thank you.

[@rubenskiii]

Russia is Russia. The whole discussion of western or not western is a bit daft honestly. We'll just have to accept that abstract definitions of land areas only make sense on a map, but have little meaning in the real world. Humans have been connected, trading, fighting, making babies for so long that apart from on maps there are no clear-cut boundaries. Many countries of today are so intertwined with their surroundings that these definitions kinda fall flat. Look at Turkey and Greece for example. One is seen as the birthplace of western society, and the other as an Asian country. They are neighbours and the similarities are endless. In fact they where much more similar in the past but the whole idea of looking at a map and making the real world fit these fake abstract definitions litteraly destroyed a lot of Greece's real heritage. Listen to *real* Greek music for example. It's not that Zorba tune.

[@rubenskiii]

And Russia especially is a hard one to define because it's litteraly the biggest country on earth(and that's not big enough, apparantly...), you can go from Finland to Japan while having only Russia between you. Many different ethnicities live there, so again: looking at lines on a map means very little compared to looking at the people and cultures of Russia.

[@jonathanfriedlander8563]

AN american TALKING ABOUT RUSSIAN TEA ?? REALLY ??

[@grueneteahaus]

The goal of this channel is not to educate the entire world about tea. The goal of this channel is the educate Central Texans, who know nothing about hot tea about tea. Got bless

[@Brian-bw3uu]

It's like tea but with Novichok or Polonium added

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Ask the MI 6. Maybe they still got some.

[@Gator-357]

Way to turn a 2 min video into a 7 1/2 blah,blah,blah,yackety-schmackety session

[@bongobong6789]

I had a Russian girlfriend who drank a lot of tea, we're both born in the 21st century l and people in Russia are even now reeling from the effects of communism. She was from a relatively well off family, yet, she STILL used teabags at least 4 times. I had no idea Russia wos so big on tea until i met her

[@MightyRude]

Mostly polonium.

[@DSAK55]

A hint of polonium flavor

[@gerryhouska2859]

Includes polonium.

[@DC-ux1dt]

If it contains the word Russian I don't want it or care for it.

[@5MinuteCatholicApologetics]

Tea hails from China. The government of China in the last 80 years killed over 100 million people. you likely drink their green, white, oolong, or black teens. Let’s please put it in perspective.

[@grueneteahaus]

i don't think it is fair to judge a people and culture based on their leadership and gov't

[@wolfgangkranek376]

Ah yes. Then you are one of the people who didn't eat French Fries, because France didnt wanted to participate in the illegal Invasion of Iraq that killed about 230.000 civilians. Deaths since then not counted.

[@ericklassen742]

I suppose American is better. Putin ≠ Russia as is Trump ≠ America. "Grow up!"

[@wannatalkscience4136]

Подстаканник is not a cup, it's a metal thing surrounding it. Goes back to soviet union only