— And we’ve already brewed some chai. Have a look, — Mnemozina pointed to a steaming samovar surrounded by a flowery chai set.
Not a kettle: a water urn heated from inside, tapped at the front, with the pot of concentrate standing on the crown at the top.
A samovar hung with bubliks
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See bubliks for what is hanging on it.
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— You know, in Turkey they call it a samovar, too. They’ve mangled it a bit — semaver or something like that, but it’s fine, since the word still means the same.
Odunlu semaver — the wood-fired Turkish one
The uploader’s own description: the lower section burns wood and keeps the water boiler above it hot; tea comes from the pot on the side, hot water from the section below.
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