Brewing tea Russian style with a samovar RT TV

any Russian's best friend no not person but in the past that's how the Russians treat it their Samar it had place of Warner at the table and in some homes it still does CH tea from samovar tastes much better than tea from an electric kettle it smells of smoke fresh wood and pine cones literally self boiler samavar has traditionally been used to heat water for tea and that's how it's done the old way water from the well wood chips and lot of huffing and puffing make up the recipe for perfect tea time God you're so heavy teapot filled with Brew or zavarka in Russian goes on top to stay warm you then dilute The Brew with hot water for just your cup of tea when we want to cool the tea down we add cold water into the cup which frankly ruins the taste but in the past people would pour their tea into saucer we hardly ever do it now but next to samovar with all this smell it seems perfectly natural that's how Russian Merchants did it and the Russians loved there some of ours more than just water boiling device it was symbol of Home bringing friends and family together small Su ofar like this meant for just one person was even dubbed selfish tea time was very much social thing if relatives or friends weren't speaking to each other for some reason they'd meet for tea to make up and used the samavar as mediator they' actually talk to it asking to pass on their messages dmar please tell my cameraman to stop sulking because we're almost done and he'll be going home soon dear pleas tell that I'm very happy about it the first Russian samovar was made in the 18th century and soon the country couldn't Be Imagined without it some of our competitions became All the Rage the biggest ones usually won many samovars perished during World War II melted into Bullets by order of Stalin but lot of them survived and if they're lucky they can even get new life here in his Workshop Valeri collects old samovars and restores them to their former glory brand new looking samovar will set you back some $2,000 but for him it's more than just business each samovar has story to tell story not just of someone who used it 100 years ago but story of someone who had it made just like people they're all different this simple looking thing is made up of some 45 pieces putting it all back together is quite job and whether they're used purely for decoration or actual tea making some of ours have firmly become part of Russian Exotica Barack Obama was treated to cup of tea from samavar kindled in traditional way with Jack boot and it's no surprised that some of ours are permanent fixture in souvenir shops it will be in different shape shape like this bigger like like bigger shape or smaller shape and it will be painted different style like we have different traditional colors Russian writer once said that while in Europe it's hard to imagine home without fireplace in Russia it's without Samar not every Russian home now has one but you can hardly find taste more Russian than cup of tea brewed in sar kurakina Prime Time Russia RT