The Russian way of brewing tea: Warm the porcelain pot for essence, rinsing with hot water, pour 20 g of dry tea per teapot with a capacity of one glass. Pour boiling water to 1/3 heights, cover with a lid and cover with a napkin (in Russia, instead of napkins, special covers sewn from thick are used for this purpose, soft material in the form of dolls in national costumes). The teapot with essence is placed on 5 min. on a hot samovar, and then full of boiling water. Depends on the number of people, teapots of different capacity are used.
The brewed essence is poured into glasses in an amount according to individual taste, the most common 1/4 glasses, and top it up with boiling water. It is served in a glass with a metal handle or in a porcelain cup on a saucer. For this jam, lemon, honey and cream or milk. Sugar is served in cubes.
