tea

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Invented in Russia in the mid-1700s, samovars are large urns typically made of brass. A vertical chamber filled with burning charcoal runs through the middle of the urn, heating the water. The heat rises up the chimney, on which a pot of very strong tea is set to steep. Once poured into cups, the tea can be diluted with water from the spout at the bottom of the urn.

 

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