A samovar is a Russian and Eastern European metal device used for boiling water and is an integral part of tea-drinking culture. Most samovars include a heating tube fueled by charcoal and a spout from which the boiling water is poured.
Many samovars also have a ring around the chimney, designed to hold a teapot for warming while the water in the samovar is being heated.

Shula Pozailov, a longtime resident of Tel Mond, recalls that they had a samovar, but at their home it was mainly decorative, since there was no time for the full “ritual” and boiling the water took too long.
Everyone worked long hours outdoors, and who really had time to “sit for tea” for so long?
When they wanted tea, they simply put water in a finjan on a primus stove and heated it quickly.