Our World Tuesday, tea from a samovar

Here Alexey, a senior guide with Viking River Cruises, is in the dining room of the Viking Surkov explaining Russian tea-making using a samovar. He is holding an antique samovar for his demonstration.

"This is where they made the fire using any fuel they had available,
like wood chips, or dried cones from evergreen trees."

"Then they needed to encourage the fire, preferably using a small bellows."

"However, if they didn't have a small bellows, something like this was always handy."

Tea for the guests on the Viking Surkov, from a modern samovar.

"Cпасибо, (sounds like 'spa-see-bah') thank you."

© Photos by Richard Schear

Memories of our Russian holiday, posted for

Our World Tuesday

the meme hosted by Arija, Gattina, Lady Fi, Sylvia and Sandy

in memory of the late Klaus Peter, originator of My World Tuesday.