Article: Sbiten - Russia's Traditional Winter-Time Beverage
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Sbiten - Russia's Traditional Winter-Time Beverage
Sbiten, the traditional beverage for wintertime in Russia, is a drink with a long, colorful history. Research shows that sbiten has been around since the fourteenth century. Traditionally, Sbiten was served from oft-heated copper samovars by the sbitenshchik, who served it up until the beginning of the twentieth century on Russian street corners.
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