Russian Black Tea With Jam

Organic sugar or sweetener to taste.

Russian black tea with jam.

Blackberry mandarin orange tea jam. While they were on their way the smoke from their campfires embedded into the tea making a slightly smoked black tea. 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. View full product details.

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. 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. 90 0 85 count save more with subscribe save. Milk to taste optional.

Black tea with cherry 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. 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. The tea itself is a simple but strong black tea served in an armudu a pear shaped glass.

The story goes that caravans taking tea from the east to europe went through russia. 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. Black tea with jammy natural pomegranate cranberry peony petals natural dried pomegranate and plum.

You have your choice of a variety of jams all made of fruit and quite thick like preserves. The jam is served in a large bowl along with the pot of tea. Samovar ancient black tea. References to russian tea and instructions have been found in american newspapers and cookbooks dating as early as the 1880s.

Although we may cheer for opposing teams we ll be joined by our love of some exceptionally delicious tea.