The Russians have preserved their love for tea to this day! Therefore, Russia is one of the greatest tea importers of the world! Not surprisingly, there are a lot of traditions connected with tea tasting in Russia. Some of them are gradually becoming history, but others continue to this day. Russians like Indian tea a […]
Tea appeared in Russia for the first time at the beginning of the 17th century, under the reign of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovitch, the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty. The tsar received a substantial present from Khan Altyn of Mongolia, who gave him 65 kilograms of tea! The tsar had never heard of tea previously; […]
The tradition of afternoon tea originated among the British upper classes in the 1840s. At that time gas lighting appeared in Britain and it became fashionable to serve supper later in the evening in upper-class homes. It was usual to have only two meals per day, i.e. breakfast and supper. Therefore, the gap between those […]
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