Sasha, tell me about Russians sometimes adding jam to sweeten their tea
with, I thought I read this somewhere. What kind of jam do they use? Is
there a class distinction between using a sugar lump/cube and using jam?

Melinda


"Alex Chaihorsky" > wrote in message
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> Russians drink tea from teacups and also thin tea glasses with a metal
> holder, called "podstakannik" - or glass-holder.You can find them here at
> "Sovetskoj Collection" catalog and web site.
> http://secure.sovietski.com/cgi-bin/...ct/View/142211
> The best are made of fine silver. The ones above are not and are
> ridiculously expensive.
>
> If you do some serach on this forum you will find several threads on
> Russian tea drinking.
> Normally Russians drink Ceylon and Indian black teas. Nowadays Chinese and
> Japanese teas are getting lots of attention. Large cities have many
> sophisticated teaclubs with gong-fu, etc., as my friends who live there
> tell me.
> Traditionally strong black tea with sugar and lemon made with samovar was
> "the" Russian tea.
>
> Sasha.
>
> "Marten Nilsson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I've heard that in Russia it's tradition to drink tea from some sort of
>> glass.
>> Does anyone know what these look like?
>>
>> What kind of tea does people drink in Russia? Are there any other
>> traditions
>> connected with it?
>>
>> /Marten
>
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