For as long as I can remember, the golden samovar — a Russian teapot of sorts — has rested somewhere high in our home. In our first house, it sat imposingly on a shelf above the staircase. In our ...

The play 'Oklahoma Samovar,’ from Alice Eve Cohen, follows a Jewish family over generations as they try to find their place ...

A samovar, a tall metal container that heats water to make tea, is well known in Russia, but often is confusing to browsing customers at an antique show. The anatomy of the samovar, first made in ...

There are two drinks most people associate with Russia — vodka and tea, prepared in a giant hot-water urn known as a samovar. Yet while vodka may have actually originated in Russia (Poland is another ...

A new season of “Samauryly Ritaiym” — the “samovar dances” — has kicked off in Bashkortostan. These vibrant events draw ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the world’s best hotels, restaurants and wine. Outside of Brooklyn’s gargantuan Russian banquet halls—where the flow of ...

San Francisco's Samovar tea lounges have a new way to sweeten things up. Its Sweet Crystals have replaced refined sugar in all its beverages and baked goods at its three locales in the city. The ...

The giant, metal, hot-water urns are at the center of Russian tea culture — and national identity. How that came to be may have as much to do... There are two drinks most people associate with Russia ...