Zavarka Russian Tea Recipe (заварка)
How to prepare authentic Russian Tea. Russian tea culture uses a Samovar to brew a tea concentrate. Russians know their tea and consume among the most tea in the world! Zavarka Russian Tea Recipe (заварка)
Ingredients
- 4-5 heaping teaspoons loose leaf tea
- 1 cup boiling hot water for tea concentrate
- boiling water for tea
- small tea pot
Instructions
- Bring a kettle of water to a rolling boil.
- Place the loose leaf tea into the small tea pot and add the boiling hot water.
- Allow the tea concentrate to steep for at least 10 minutes, ensuring all the tea leaves have sunk to the bottom.
- Pour some tea concentrate into a cup, and fill the rest of the cup with boiling water. Adjust the tea, depending on the color and strength you prefer.
- Add milk and sugar, or a lemon slice if you prefer. Keep topping up the zavarka with hot water and enjoy drinking tea.