Sbiten
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Sbiten ( , ) is a traditional hot winter beverage in Eastern Slavic cuisine, including Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian cuisines made of honey, spices and herbs boiled in water. Sbiten was a popular drink in Russian cuisine before the appearance of tea in Russia. It has a dark purple appearance and, depending on the recipe, can be very spicy and/or very sweet. It used to have the reputation of a Russian Glühwein, although it normally contains no alcohol. Modern sbiten can also be served cold during the summer or added to tea or coffee.
Sbiten ( , ) is a traditional hot winter beverage in Eastern Slavic cuisine, including Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian cuisines made of honey, spices and herbs boiled in water. Sbiten was a popular drink in Russian cuisine before the appearance of tea in Russia. It has a dark purple appearance and, depending on the recipe, can be very spicy and/or very sweet. It used to have the reputation of a Russian Glühwein, although it normally contains no alcohol. Modern sbiten can also be served cold during the summer or added to tea or coffee.
Etymology
The word sbiten is derived from the verb sbivat, which means to unite or collect together dissimilar parts. Sbiten was also historically known as vzvar (взвар).
Sbiten vendors
Sbitenshchik ( ) was a sbiten vendor in medieval Russia and the Russian Empire who attracted attention to his merchandise by loud advertisement calls and chastushkas. Sbitenshchik was usually a stout strong man, as it required great physical strength to carry a string of glasses and a metal pot full of sbiten. Sbiten peddlers contributed to the development of the samovar. In the 18th century, they invented its precursor called sbitennik (сбитенник) — a type of kettle that kept sbiten warm at all times. The comic opera Sbitenshchik (Сбитенщик) by Yakov Knyazhnin with music by Czech composer Antoine Bullant (1783) was popular in Russia at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
See also
Russian tea culture
External links
How to Make Sbiten - wikiHow article
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