The history of English and Russian tea traditions "There are few hours in life more agreeable...

The history of English The history of English andand

Russian tea Russian tea traditionstraditions

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hourdedicated to the ceremonyknown as afternoon tea."  Henry James                                        

Contents:Contents:

••The history of tea in England

••The history of tea in Russia

••The differences between the two great traditions

The history of tea in The history of tea in EnglandEngland

Tea arrive in Great BritainTea arrive in Great Britain

●In 1597 tea was first mentioned in Englishculture.● The 1st batch of tea was imported in Great

Britain by ship.

Anna, the 17Anna, the 17thth Duchess of Duchess of BedfordBedford

Anna began inviting guests to join her for a cup of tea and some sweets in the afternoon, in order to fill the long gap between breakfast and late dinners.

This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880's upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea.

Anna was a lifelong friend of Queen Victoria.

Anna began asking her servant to bring the tea to her private room (the Blue Drawing Room at Woburn Abbey) at 5 o’clock so that the Duchess could enjoy a cup of tea with a slice or two of bread and butter.

The types of tea-drinkingThe types of tea-drinking

High-tea Low-tea 5-o’clock-tea

The tea, which Delicate and The tea is drank

was drank during elegant tea, in 5 o’clock

diner, usually by drank with every day in middle classes England

Traditional English tea Traditional English tea consists of:consists of:

dainty sandwiches scones served with clotted creampreserves assorted sweets cakes and pastriesEnglish biscuits

Richard TwiningRichard Twining

Twinings tea companywas founded in 1706.Its tea is spread all

over the world and is loved For its standard andrefined taste.

Lipton- the most famous tea Lipton- the most famous tea companycompany

“Direct from the teagardens to the tea

pot”

Lipton tea company

was founded in the 90th years of XIX century.

George Dunlop Leslie “Five o'clock”George Dunlop Leslie “Five o'clock”

Alfred Oliver Alfred Oliver “Tea-drinking in the “Tea-drinking in the garden”garden”

Luis CarrollLuis Carroll“Alice in wonderland”“Alice in wonderland”

The history of tea in Russia The history of tea in Russia

Tea arrive in RussiaTea arrive in Russia

In 1638 the two Cossack atamans brought from China the unknown beverage – tea to the tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich. In the 17th grand people drank tea as the medicine, they thought that it had healing powers.

Traditional Russian tea consists of:Traditional Russian tea consists of:

tarts with marmaladehomemade jamround cracknelsgingerbreadscurd pattieslump sugar fruits

Types of Russian teaTypes of Russian tea

Brewed, Sweetened Tea with

strong tea with a generous slices of

amount of sugar lemon

RussianRussian tea is drank from tea is drank from samovarsamovar

Б. М. КустодиевБ. М. Кустодиев «Купчиха за чаем». 1918 «Купчиха за чаем». 1918 «Купчиха на балконе». «Купчиха на балконе».

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Н. Богданов – БельскийН. Богданов – Бельский «День рождения в саду»«День рождения в саду»

Н. Богданов – БельскийН. Богданов – Бельский

«Новые хозяева. Чаепитие». 1913«Новые хозяева. Чаепитие». 1913

Differences:Differences:

English tea Russian teaEnglish tea Russian tea Delicate, elegant tea Brewed, strong tea tea with milk sweetened with a generous amount of sugar Popularity of black tea Tea with slices of lemon Is poured from teapots Is poured from samovar

into bone china cups into dishes

My family and teaMy family and tea

My mother has many kinds of tea from different companies: “Lipton”, “Ahmad”, “Twinings”, “Anna Bedford”.

My mother has also special dishesMy mother has also special dishes

There are some delicate bone china cups, teapots and beautiful plates in her cupboards.