Thread: Tea anyone ??!!

First off that is extremely interseting and it is too bad you missed out on the tea bricks.That would have been quite the collectors item. This is good tea info indeed. Being that I am a bit of a Rusophile I am curious. Are samovars used much in your neck of the woods still ? or is it pase' now ? I have consider getting an electric samovar off and on but I'm not convinced it would be too practical at this time.

Samovars where much more common before when the Russian (Soviet) influence was much stronger. I am afraid most of them met an untimely death during the 90's when many things were thrown away or remade in to more necessary items.
We have a nice samovar (made in CCCP) that we bought on a Swedish auction site! and a couple dinged up ones that is from my wife's family.
Since it basically is a water boiler/kettle the modern ones are much more in demand.
I don't think you can find samovars in the shops here anymore.
Hindsight is 20/20 they say, and I wish that I had made an effort to collect podstakanniks and stuff back in the 90's, on the other hand my friends think that I pack ratted enough as it is

Ah... I do have a podstakannik which I got from Amazon.It is the genuine deal too, made from the Kolchugino factory in Russia.I still have the box. I love it and use it often. I agree though that as beautiful as a samovar is,I like my Polish teapot just fine and it makes great tea and enough. The Tula factory still makes samovars, so who knows...maybe someday I'll get one. Geeze Olave...where the Heck have you been all my life... Mongolia ?!......Oh wait a minute !

Right then............Pot of tea #2 comin up.it's gonna be Russian tea....Kusmi Bouquet of flowers !

Here Olav...just in case you get the urge Amazon.com: podstakannik: Home & Kitchen

Thanks for the link. There are so many *ADs
I've been looking on eBay on and off for a while, but shipping here is a killer.
A Russian friend of mine, that used to live here, might help me to get one, but they are not that cheap in Russia either.

Shipping anywhere overseas is a killer ha ha. I understand. Good luck. I hope the link helps.Gotta go now. Getting late...Cheers !

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

I saw a documentary about an American tea trader that was traveling in China, buying tea directly from the growers. He had built a special storage shed for his personal pu'erh stash. I will track down the title of the documentary and add the title to this post if anyone is interested.

Here is a link to the documentary. Worth the watch.
All in This Tea (2007) - IMDb

Just saw this documentary. Very interesting. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Olav Vittfarne

TOTM at work today...
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Now, there's a teacup that means buisness!

Yes I like these cups. A nice medium size
Today I tried two other teas.

Double bergamot Earl Grey, I liked this one even though I never been keen on Earl Grey.
The Orange Spice was not to my liking, but that is matter of taste not quality.
I'm not sponsored by STASH in any way, it's just that the cafe' where I work just bought 14 different kinds of their teas.