*real* russian tea

Updated on Jul 31, 2014

No, Russian Tea is NOT made with Tang!! It is black tea. In Russia, they have a bit of a different brewing/serving process. Cook time is steep time; edit to suit your tastes. Found at good ole Wikipedia. Plus, we had close Russian friends years ago who made us tea & poppyseed cake. Good stuff!

prep time 10 Min
cook time 5 Min
method No-Cook or Other
yield varied

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon per person loose black tea
  • - hot water to fill teapot plus extra to top off cups of tea
  • to taste - lemon
  • to taste - honey
  • to taste - jam
  • to taste - sugar

How To Make *real* russian tea

  • Step 1
    A notable feature of Russian tea culture is the two-step brewing process. Firstly, tea concentrate (Russian: заварка) is prepared: a quantity of dry tea sufficient for several persons is brewed in a small teapot.
  • Step 2
    Then, each person pours some quantity of this concentrate into the cup and mixes it with hot water; thus, one can make one's tea as strong as one wants, according to one's taste.
  • Step 3
    Sugar, lemon, honey or jam can then be added freely.

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