Russian Tea is not from Russia. At least, not Russian Tea as we Southerners know it. The giftable dry mix that is the stuff of countless mid-century community cookbooks dates back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when American urbanites sipped black tea with lemon and sugar in imitation of upper-class Russians. Within decades, so-called Russian Tea, which was by then often doctored with clove and cinnamon, washed down chicken salad and mixed nuts at meetings of bridge clubs and church groups across the South. In the transformative years following World War II, the basic formula of hot tea with citrus became a showcase for the convenience foods of the Space Age: Tang, powdered lemonade, instant tea. And there, at last, is the Russian Tea we all know and love—layered with love in a Mason jar, and tastefully tied with grosgrain or gingham.
My family’s favorite recipe is a relic from that time. It comes from the spiral-bound pages of the Centenary Cookbook, a late-sixties collection of drinks and dishes from the ladies of the Centenary Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. My grandmother pitched in her recipe for banana bread, but Mrs. James Donald of McLean, Virginia, was the woman responsible for Instant Russian Tea II, a dry mix with only five ingredients.
Ingredients
Instant Russian Tea II
1 cup Tang
1/2 cup instant tea
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp. ground clove
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Preparation
Mix dry ingredients well and store in tight container. For one cup of tea, use 2 tsp. of dry mixture per cup of hot water.
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**Origin and Evolution**: Russian Tea originated in Russia in the early 1800s and was traditionally made with black tea, lemon, sugar, juices, spices, and honey. Initially enjoyed by the elite, it became popular across all social classes and evolved to include different ingredients over time.
Unlike English tea culture, in Russia, tea is usually taken black and sweet. Despite the rising popularity of green tea in the nation, black tea is still the most common. Often a sugar cube is placed between the teeth and then the tea is sipped through it.
Traditionally, black tea is the most common tea in Russia, but green tea is becoming more popular. Traditional tea in Russia includes the traditional type known as Russian Caravan as it was originally imported from China via camel caravan.
Theories abound: Southerners prefer sweet tea because back in the day we used sugar as a preservative and our palates grew to crave the taste. Southerners like sweet tea because it is served ice cold and it is hot as biscuits down here.
Adding a little baking soda to your tea will clear away any cloudiness left from the mixing process, and it's also thought to cut down on any lingering bitter tastes from the steeping tea bags, leaving your tea clarified and smooth and providing your get-together with one fantastic pitcher of tea.
Once sweet tea grew in popularity towards the end of the 19th century, it was quickly established as a southern tradition. It's well known that states across the south have fallen in love with sweet tea in the decades since then.
Despite its name, the Russian Tea room isn't Russian at all. It's actually owned by a financial group incorporated in New York state. It was opened in 1927 by, perhaps apocryphally, “White Russian expatriates who had fled the Bolsheviks,” according to the restaurant's website.
What do you call 'chai tea' in Russian? - Quora. The product for 'chai' and 'tea' is the same. Russians traded with China from the North and in the Nothern accent of Chinease it is pronounced like 'tai' and English empire started contacts with China from the South where people prounced the word as 'tee'.
anti oxidative and anti inflammatory properties - it may boost immune system and fight free radicals.
black tea may help reduce the risk of heart diseases, reduce bad cholesterol, reduce blood sugar, regulate blood pressure and help with weight loss goals.
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