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Martyna OchojskaSheffield Hallam University 2011

TEA SAMOVAR

Competition

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18. A' Food and Culinary Design Award

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I D E AKETTLE + TEAPOT

3 bilion cups consumed daily worldwide.

130 milion pounds imported each year to the United States.

Yearly sales 550.113 GBP.

6 cups per day is less risk of heart disease.

tea drinkers are 42% less likely to have colon cancer

Tea may help prevent the development of type 1 diabetes and slow the progression once it has developed.

Tea can protect heart diseace and some cancers.

Drink 3 to 4 cups of tea a day can cut the chance of a heart attack.

WHY TEA?

RESEACHEX IST I N G P R O DU CTS

JapanGreen tea drinking has significant traditions in Japan. Tea ceremony is a lively custom performed by geishas - the descendants of the old tea masters. The geishas learn the exact course of a tea ceremony in special schools. For the ceremony, they use tea powder, which they beat up with hot water until it foams. They use a precious bowl and a bamboo beater for this purpose. The Japanese never sweeten or flavour their tea, but eat teacakes instead.

IndiaThe tea is infused with a mixture made from one-third milk and two-thirds water, boiled with sugar. The tea is then stands for five minutes, then strained through muslin and poured into cups. In some areas, white tea becomes flavoured with seeds and is served with sweets.

RESEACH

RussiaAccording to century long tradition, Russians use samovars for making teas. Samovars are large decora-ted containers, traditionally used for making tea. First, Russians pour condensed tea previously prepared and kept warm in a dish on the top of the samovar into a cup. To dilute the tea to the required thickness, they use the boiling water from the samovar.

EuropeEuropeans begin with a spoonful of tea per every cup desired. Loose tea or a teabag is added to a pot with boiling water. In England tea is sweetened with sugar or honey and often flavoured with milk, rum, or lemon. Sometimes, even jam is added! The Hungarians usually sweeten their tea with sugar or honey and often add extra flavour with lemon, rum or occasionally wine.The Dutch enjoy strong tea, adding sugar or milk.

TEA R ITUALS

A small tea pot is used to brew a tea concentrate. The tea pot is often placed on top of a samovar to keep it heated with the passing hot air.

The tea is served by pouring tea concentrate into a cup and diluting it with boiled water. The water is rele-ased through a faucet at the base of the metal con-tainer. Samovars were one of the earliest home ap-pliances in Russia. Families and guests would sit at a large dinner table to have a leisurely talk and discuss the latest events while drinking hot tea.

What is a Samovar singing about?Russian people believed that the samovar has a soul. This belief was mainly based on the fact that samovars were producing different sounds when being heated with fuel. The shape of the samovar's body accounts for amazing acoustics and water makes peculiar noises when it is being brought to the boil.

Samovars and tea-drinking are an indispensableelement of Russian culture. In modern Russia, samovars are rarely used to boil water for tea as originally intended, however many families place samovars in the center of the table during holiday celebrations. Reserving pride of place for a samovar at the festive table is both a tribute that Russians give to their ancestors and a ceremony that embodies warm-hearted hospitality.

What is a Samovar?A samovar is a device traditionally used to heat and boil water for tea. The name can be loosely translated into English as "self-boiler". Samovars are made from metal and consist of a large urn-shaped container and a metal pipe running vertically through the middle. To boil the water inside a samovar, the pipe is filled with solid fuel such as pine cones, charcoals and wood chips which are set on fire.

RESEACHRUSSIA SAMOVAR

RESEACHRUSSIA SAMOVAR

SKETCHESFIRST CONCEPT

SKETCHESFIRST CONCEPT

PRODUCT

fill kettle

fill boiler and switch on

unscrew tap,fill kattle

put tea on special container

keep your tea hot

INSTRUCTION

DETAILSB O 2 B S A M O V A R

DESCRIPTION

BO2B is a project inspired by the ancient Russian Samovar, it is a combination of electric kettle (boiler) and teapot. It helps you make your favorite tea and will keep it all the time hot.

With BO2B you can heat the water using a boiler just like in electric kettle and also make a tea using the teapot placed on the top of maschine. To fill the teapot you need to use the tap on the right side of boiler and when you put it back on the top the steam will keep your tea hot. The pressure clock on the front will helps you control the steam inside the machine.

The teapot have also additional part which is used to help you brew your tea and allow for using your favorite additives - dried fruit, herbs and spices.