Russia's "Other" National Drink.
The Russian tea tradition began with the powerful Romanov dynasty -- although not with Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov (1596 - 1645), the dynasty's founder and first czar, but strictly speaking with his ambassador to the court of the Mogul emperor of North India, who was offered tea as a gift to his master ... and declined, concluding that Czar Mikhail would have no use for it anyway. Thus, only after Russia and China had signed a border agreement in 1689 (the treaty of Nerchinsk), which reduced all trade between the two countries to a single trading post essentially in the middle of nowhere, tea was introduced into Russia along with cotton, silk and other Chinese merchandise, and soon acquired substantial popularity. After 1700, over 600 camel loads or 350,000 pounds of tea annually made their way from that remote trading post to St. Petersburg, taking almost a year to cover the distance of 4000 miles. Although due to the hardships involved in its importation tea was originally too...
Excellent
Took a flier on SpecialTeas.com and i am very happy. Came within one week packaged in mylar resealable packages. My previous experience with this has been at high end tea outlets. Fragrant, excellent tasting. This surpassses my previous experiences. I suppose I gave it only 4 stars because I want to leave room for a Nirvana tea experience (but this one was excellent).
Awesome tea!
This is by far my favorite tea. I don't drink it every day because the flavor is very strong, but instead save it for myself as a "treat" occasionally. The tea has a very smokey flavor but it's smooth.
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