Russian Black Tea With Jam

Organic sugar or sweetener to taste.

Russian black tea with jam.

Today russian caravan is usually a mix of an indian black a chinese black and lapsang souchong to give it that hint of smoke. The tea itself is a simple but strong black tea served in an armudu a pear shaped glass. While russian tea needs a little more finesse we ve distilled the process to the essentials and the result is a superb black tea recipe that will dramatically improve your tea brewing vocabulary. You have your choice of a variety of jams all made of fruit and quite thick like preserves.

Black tea with jammy natural pomegranate cranberry peony petals natural dried pomegranate and plum. Celebrate a very special part of russian culture with some hot and soothing russian jam infused tea served in some russian tea cups if you can find them. The story goes that caravans taking tea from the east to europe went through russia. Russian tea traditions going beyond jam in tea russians have been brewing and drinking tea for centuries with their tea culture dating back to the early 1600 s when the first gifts of tea were made to the tsar and members of the nobility by the chinese.

Samovar ancient black tea. The jam is served in a large bowl along with the pot of tea. If sharing with others you spoon out a little bit of jam for yourself into a smaller glass. You can find russian tea service at some other places in the u s such as at the russian tea room in new york city where the 50 afternoon tea can include a personal pot of tea with jam as well.

Although we may cheer for opposing teams we ll be joined by our love of some exceptionally delicious tea. While they were on their way the smoke from their campfires embedded into the tea making a slightly smoked black tea. Blackberry mandarin orange tea jam. 90 0 85 count save more with subscribe save.

3 cups boiling water 6 black tea bags like english breakfast cup granulated sugar cold water cherry preserves or sour cherries in syrup for serving. In japan the term russian tea is used to refer specifically to the act of having black tea with a spoonful of jam whether added into the cup or placed on the tongue before drinking. Black tea with cherry jam. Milk to taste optional.

Makes 1 1 1 4 cups of jam.