 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Maererano naWilliam Pokhlyobkin, tii muRussia yaisaonekwa sechinwiwa chinozvimiririra; nokudaro, kunyange mapoka akapfuma aiishongedza nejamu, manyuchi, makeke, mabhisikiti, zvihwitsi, mandimu nezvimwe zvihwitsi. Ikoku kwakafanana nechirevo chechinyakare чай да сахар tii neshuga, translit.. Mutauro wechiRussia unoshandisa mimwe mifananidzo ine chekuita nekunwa tii, kusanganisira чайку-с? imwe tii? nenzira yechinyakare, translit. , inoshandiswa ne pre-Revolutionaryvabatiri. Zvimwe zvacho ndeizvi гонять чаи kutsvaka tii, kureva kunwa tii kwenguva yakareba; translit. uye побаловаться чайком kunwa tii, translit. . Tea yakaitwa chinhu chinokosha choupenyu hwetsika navanyori vomudungwe weKaramzinian. Pakazosvika pakati pezana remakore rechi19, tii yakanga yafarirwa nevanhu vomumaguta, vatengesi, uye vanhu vomumhuri vakaderera. Ikoku kunoratidzirwa mumitambo yaAlexander Ostrovsky. Kubvira panguva yaOstrovsky, nguva uye uwandu hwewainwiwa zvawedzera. Alexander Pushkin mu Eugene Onegin akaratidzira basa reti mukutanga hukama hwekudanana: 