Foods and Candies
Foods and candies for tea time (both British and other), recipes (with or without tea) original to author.
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Turn STRESSED into DESSERTS
The other day, hubby and I learned how to turn stressed into desserts — just reverse the order of the letters! Ha! All kidding aside, you can go from being stressed to living the sweet life. It’s not a magic act. But tea certainly plays a part. Fruit-flavored Teas Apples and cherries and lemons… oh,… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Forelle Pear Tart and Dong Ding Oolong Tea
Time for another recipe (the 4th in a baker’s dozen). This is another that goes great with tea. Be adventurous and give her recipe a try with a pot of the tea named and assess the pairing for yourself. The recipe: Forelle Pear Tart The cook prepared this dish originally as a nice snack for… Continue reading
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British Foods: Crisps
British specialty foods are really catching on here in the U.S., including a real favorite called “Crisps.” Language alert: Although English is considered quite a universal language and is indeed spoken and/or read by a large portion of the world’s population, still the variations in usage and terminology can be as much an impediment to… Continue reading
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More “Cheesy” Tea Time Pairings, Part III
Still more tea and cheese pairings for a “cheesy” tea time (continued from Part II). In the final installment, we’re some general guidelines for pairing up teas and cheeses. (Again, this is a consolidation of the wealth of pairing suggestions available online.) Some General Guidelines I’ve Seen: Asiago cheeses pair with: Keemun (a Chinese black… Continue reading
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More “Cheesy” Tea Time Pairings, Part II
More tea and cheese pairings for a “cheesy” tea time (continued from Part I). This time, we’re pairing up Darjeeling teas and black teas with an array of cheeses. (Again, this is a consolidation of the wealth of pairing suggestions available online.) Darjeeling Teas A First Flush Darjeeling with Délice de Bourgogne — The gentle,… Continue reading
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More “Cheesy” Tea Time Pairings, Part I
A little over a year ago I took a closer look at the issue of pairing tea and cheese. The topic was hot then and seems to be getting hotter every year. So, it’s time to take a look at more “cheesy” tea time pairings, for tea and cheese go together as naturally as cheese… Continue reading
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Cooking with Tea: Fruit Kissel
If you’re a fruit lover, there’s no better time of year than midsummer. That’s when you’ll find berries of all kinds, along with plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines – and, if you’re very lucky, the last harvest of sweet cherries. After you’ve had your fill of eating them in salads and out of hand, try this… Continue reading
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What’s Interfering with Your Tea Enjoyment?
We tea drinkers have lots of challenges, things that interfere with the enjoyment of our tea. As with any endeavor, we need to first indentify what these things are and then determine how to keep them from negatively affecting the tea experience. Pretty standard operations, actually! Identifying the culprits Strong tasting food and beverages that… Continue reading
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Pairing Tea and Food — Simple Summer Couscous Salad and Golden Yunnan Tea
Here is the 2nd of the baker’s dozen (13) of recipes that I selected off of a foodie site since they seem to really fit this bill of going great with tea. This is a more unusual recipe to serve with tea but seems to fit this time of year. After reading my take on… Continue reading
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