What can be done from samovars with your own hands. Wood-burning samovar: modernizing a rarity

Olga Chicherova

Samovar in Russia, this is an item of folk life, it is designed to heat water. No wonder the Russians, competing with the British, consider themselves perhaps the biggest tea lovers in the world. Our talented ancestors proved themselves here too, not being satisfied with a simple teapot, which was used in other European countries, they invented in Tula samovar. The water in it boiled quickly and did not cool for a long time, but it was suitable for kindling. All: and chips and cones. Samovars were very widespread, they were different forms: round, square, cylindrical, conical. Samovars skillfully decorated with various paintings. I offer you the production papier mache samovar. This samovar can serve as a visual and didactic material in educational classes, as well as in any kind of activity, from theatrical to individual work. Enjoy watching.

For manufacturing samovar took me 5 days. For this crafts needed: plastic bottle 9 liters, toilet paper - 2 rolls, newspaper - 20 pieces, flour paste, clerical knife or scissors, pan lid, brushes - wide and thin, gouache - white and blue, glue stick, colored paper, colorless varnish (optional).

We take a bottle and cut off the upper part, which will serve for samovar stand.

This is how it will look like samovar.

And now all the parts of our samovar we coat with paste and apply the first layer with a newspaper, again carefully coat with paste and apply a layer of toilet paper and so 8 layers alternating with each other. The last layer must be toilet paper.

Now we make blanks from plasticine of small parts (2 handles, faucet)

All parts are dried and cut, then glued together and dried again.

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Now we tint with white gouache and decorate with Gzhel painting elements. Decorated with kids.

And here's what we got a samovar.

And this samovar decorated with Khokhloma. With this samovar we had a tea party with the kids

Steam from above, steam from below, our Russian hisses samovar. You are welcome for a cup of tea! This is how we live, we chew gingerbread, drink tea, we invite everyone to visit! Thank you all for your attention.

Wood-burning samovar: modernizing a rarity

Wood-burning samovar - a symbol of hospitality, comfort, strength of family ties If you live in a house, and even outside the city, the samovar just asks for an interior. Yes, what is there in the interior, in everyday life or in holiday traditions that always hold the family together. A wood-fired samovar is a symbol of hospitality, comfort, and the strength of family ties. Homemade cakes, jams, and hand-picked tea are not considered leftovers, but the samovar, which is very handy in this "company", is referred to as something long forgotten. Meanwhile, heating a samovar is not difficult, but even interesting, repairing it is also not the most expensive thing. Well, if there is nothing to repair yet, look for an interesting model in the store - new samovars are coming into fashion.

Wood-burning samovar device: how to use the unit

The principle of operation of a fire samovar, or wood-fired samovar, has not changed for several centuries. To understand how to use such a device, it is worth understanding how it works.

The first flame samovar appeared in Rus' in the early 18th century

Wood-burning samovar device:

Tulovo (or water tank). It differs in size, nuances of design and decor. The body is equipped with handles for ease of carrying. If the case is simple, copper, without any special decor, such a samovar will not cost as much as a painted counterpart.
Jug. This is the name of the pipe that runs through the entire body. This is where the combustion process takes place. At the bottom of the jug there is a grate connected to the base, and there are already special holes through which air is supplied to the furnace.
Lid. The lid closes the body, it has a hole for the top of the jug. There are handles on the lid, as well as steam releases.
Burner. After boiling, a burner is fixed on top of the lid on the outlet part of the jug. There is a teapot on the burner. Moreover, in fact, you can put an electric kettle there.
faucet. It is located at the bottom of the samovar, just above the bottom. If the faucet was located at the very bottom, then the same scale could get into the cup.

Samovar in the context: the device of the unit

Such a samovar was heated by our ancestors, almost the same is heated by contemporaries.

Samovar device (video)

What is the difference between a modern samovar and a traditional one?

An old wood-fired samovar is usually made of copper. Today, a wood-burning samovar is made of brass. In addition, a modern wood-burning samovar can be copper-plated, or, for example, contain a galvanized coating. There are nickel-plated models, there are models covered with a special heat-resistant varnish.

If you are restoring a wood-burning samovar, then some repairs will be required, which can be done with your own hands, or you can turn to professionals. It all depends on the scope of the restoration. If we are talking only about decor, cleaning and getting rid of scale, such procedures, of course, can be done with your own hands with high quality. But here is a more complex repair, the elimination of cracks and leaks, tinning, replacement of components, not everyone can do it.

The choice of the form of samovars is also interesting:

Jar;
Turnip;
Vase;
Acorn;
Glass;
Egg.

Collectors know just what form variations are not found. And the decor does not lend itself to enumeration at all - smooth, corrugated, painted samovars, etc.

Why is it not advised today to heat copper samovars? The fact is that they are subject to oxidation, which is not very good, and outwardly such a wood-burning samovar quickly deteriorates.

Cones for a samovar: we cook fragrant tea

The name wood burning does not mean that only firewood can be used. A fire samovar can be heated with coal, and if you want unusual tea, you need to heat it with cones.

It’s worth saying right away that you won’t find a better way than to heat a samovar with charcoal. After the combustion of coal, not much ash is formed, and the resulting powder is easily removed.

But how, having a samovar, not to make tea on cones with your own hands? Indeed, it is worth drinking such tea at least once, but taking into account some nuances.

Samovar firebox with cones:

Melting a samovar with them is not the best option, the soot will be noble, but you can add it to the furnace while boiling water;
There is a lot of resin in the cones, which tends to clog the inner pipe in the samovar;
The cone should be only pine.

In order for tea to be not only fragrant, but also healthy, only pine cones are used.

And here is another curious fact - the water in the samovar will not come into contact with the burning fuel, but nevertheless, it will have the aroma of wood, which was used to melt the samovar. So your tea can be apple or pine. This is explained as follows: bubbles of active oxygen begin to form on the surface of the inner heating pipe during boiling. It turns out that the water in the samovar becomes, shall we say, alive.

Therefore, it is believed that tea from a samovar is special, soft, and the water for it has healing properties.

Rules for using a flame samovar (video instruction)

If you are not going to hand over the existing samovar for repair, or you don’t have any samovar at all yet, you will have to buy it. There are also many questions about how to choose. In order for the samovar to please you with long work, and for tea to be always tasty, you need to choose carefully.

How to choose a fire samovar:

External credibility. The simplest thing is that there should be no dents and cracks, there should be no color heterogeneity.
Sustainability. Place the samovar on a table or other flat surface, it should not wobble.
jug device. If this part is made of thin iron, a quick repair of the samovar is actually guaranteed.
Tinning of the inside. The inner part of the product must be tinned with a special food tin.
Tightness. No faucet or anything else should be leaking.
Capacity. If there are at least three people in your family, then the volume of the samovar should not be less than three liters. There are smaller models, which are popularly called "egoist", from which you need to drink tea in several approaches, if a company has gathered.

Models with a corrugated surface are considered more stable.

How to make tea in a samovar: instructions for beginners

Finally, the most important thing is how to drink delicious tea from such a vaunted samovar. If there is no experience, you will have to read the instructions.

Before kindling the samovar, prepare a sufficient amount of wood chips

Kindling a fire samovar:

Place the samovar on a small table, it must be stable;
Fill with water, close the lid;
Kindle the wood chips and throw them into the jug, then add more wood chips (if the first one has not gone out);
Put on the pipe, let it flare up;
Add wood chips until the water boils (the pipe, in turn, will create draft for combustion);
Already at the very end, add herbs or the same cones for flavor;
Pour tea into the teapot, pour boiling water over it and put it on top of the samovar.

Tea should turn out delicious, fragrant, and the very atmosphere of such a tea party is incomparable with the automatic brewing of tea from an electric kettle.

How to heat a samovar (video)

A fire samovar in your home, in the country is a necessary thing that will definitely decorate summer evenings and family or friendly gatherings. And the process of brewing tea itself is at the same time a pleasant ritual, which, like all good traditions, should be adopted from older generations.

Wood-burning samovar (photo)

If you live in a house, and even outside the city, the samovar just asks for an interior. Yes, what is there in the interior, in everyday life or in holiday traditions that always hold the family together. A wood-fired samovar is a symbol of hospitality, comfort, and the strength of family ties. Homemade cakes, jams, and hand-picked tea are not considered leftovers, but the samovar, which is very handy in this "company", is referred to as something long forgotten. Meanwhile, heating a samovar is not difficult, but even interesting, repairing it is also not the most expensive thing. Well, if there is nothing to repair yet, look for an interesting model in the store - new samovars are coming into fashion.