page_title: Russian tea culture
section_title: Brewing
hierarchical_section_title: Russian tea culture / Brewing
context_page_description: Tea is a part of Russian culture. Russian tea is brewed and can be served sweet, and hot or cold.
context_section_description: A notable feature of Russian tea culture is the two-step brewing process. First, tea concentrate called zavarka (Russian: заварка) is prepared: a quantity of dry tea sufficient for several persons is brewed in a small teapot. 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. Sugar, lemon, honey or jam can then be added freely.
caption: Silver samovar
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