SAMOVAR TEA CEREMONY

We have prepared some exciting packages combining the most interesting sights of the area, handicraft workshops, sporty activity and culinary pleasures so that you could get to know the different cultures, beautiful scenery and colourful village life of the Lake Peipus area. 

The traditional way of making tea in the one-street villages is with a samovar. The samovar used to be on the whole day so that every unexpected visitor could have a cup of tea

Do you know what the connection is between kirza boots and the samovar? Or what the Antichrist’s machine is? What bears the name ‘the Devil’s temptation’ and what did people fear when samovars began whistling?

We will talk about these topics and other interesting facts about the life of the Old Believers living in villages near Peipsi during the samovar tea ceremony, where you can enjoy your tea, snack on some cooked sugar, and eat onion pies.

The price 19 € includes:
- samovar tea, Peipsi cooked sugar, onion pie
- workshop for making candles from beeswax
- tea ceremony with a professional who tells traditional stories related to the samovar and the life of the Old Believers through handwork and pattern symbolism.