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“I have been eagerly anticipating tasting this tea but I wanted to make sure I had time to give it my full attention so I thought I’d be waiting until the weekend to try this. But now that I am...” Read full tasting note
“Thanks to Auggy, I can have my Samovar debut! This post is actually part backlog and part recent because I’ve got two different sessions and two different preparation methods in it. Western...” Read full tasting note
“We had this today at the Samovar tea lounge in San Francisco, where my honey actually got to drink it out of a Samovar, which was how it was served. I am a bit of a smoky tea fan but this was too...” Read full tasting note
“Steep Information: Prepared in store, and bought some for home. Tasting Notes: Dry Leaf Smell: (lapsang souchong) smokey Steeped Tea Smell: (lapsang souchong) smokey Flavor: sweet, smoky, black...” Read full tasting note
Origin: Proprietary Blend of Teas from China.
Flavor Profile: Smoky, sweet, and lightly fruity. Brew it like as you would any other black tea and it is smooth and full bodied with an apricot sweetness, and a light tarry smokiness. Prepare in your Samovar and it is a potent and exciting astringent, sweet, and deeply smoky treat.
Tea Story: The best Russian Blend you’ll ever taste.
One of our most popular custom blends, this black tea infusion is based on the traditional Russian blend from the icy tundras of Siberia. This brew is best sipped after steeping it in the teapot on top of a Samovar, making a very smoky, astringent, super-strong tea concentrate called “zavarka.”
Traditionally, you pour a little bit of the zavarka into your cup from the samovar, and then dilute it with hot water to taste. Add a little organic fruit jam, and some milk, and voila, you’ve got yourself a real wake-up meal-of-a-tea. Our secret blend is lightly fruity, smoky, full bodied…and delicious with or without milk.
If zavarka is too potent for your taste buds, just follow the the brewing directions on the back of the can for a tamed-down, but no less delightful, cup of Russian Blend.Smoky, sweet, and smooth, this tea will sooth your soul as you contemplate wise words from Russian sages…. such as Tolstoy, “Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.” Ahhh…..
Samovarian Poetry: Smoky, strong, sweet, fruity, caffeine-loaded & certain to warm and to wake.
Food Pairing: This tea is so potent- you don’t want to drink it on an empty stomach! So pair it with smoked salmon blinis, deviled eggs, or potato pancakes. The bitter, fruity sweet, and smoky notes of this tea compliment foods that have similar profiles such as dark chocolate, fruit tarts, and smoked salmon.
Samovar's is dedicated to preserving the simplicity and integrity of the tea traditions and inspiring people to practice peace through drinking tea.
