“There’s no good tea, there’s no bad tea,” Didier Jumeau-Lafond of Dammann Frères, the exclusive Parisian sellers of 3,500 fine teas, told the 13 September gathering at the Galleria Illy pop-up. “There is just one tea, the one you like.” [Read more...]
For Galleria Illy Tea Talk, Didier Jumeau-Lafond of Dammann Frères Brews Cup of Anti-Snob Snobbism
21 September 2011 By 2 Comments
Trio of chocolate pots de crème with matcha
Published in The Los Angeles Times – May 13, 2009
Pots de Crème takes its name from the petits pots in which the lightly set custard is baked and served. In my recipe the traditional French dessert is composed as a trio of three chocolates – white, milk, dark – each accessorized with the identical dusting of matcha. The counterpoint of custards allows for a comparative tasting of these chocolates and how their relative sweetness and bitterness interact with nuanced flavor of the green tea powder. [Read more...]
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For chocolate, a matcha made in heaven
Published in The Los Angeles Times – May 13, 2009
At a glance, the cross-cultural dessert pairing of chocolate and matcha, the prized Japanese green tea powder, may not seem the sort of combination to elicit uncontrollable cravings. Among the many terms used to evoke matcha’s elusively complex character — grassy, spinachy, watercress-like, seaweedy, earthy, floral, herbaceous, aquatic, bitter — barely a single one screams dessert.
But still, it’s quite the rage in Paris and Tokyo, where the only really big question is: Which chocolate makes the best matcha match? Read full article
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The messy business of discarding tea bags
According to the endlessly diverting and absolutely essential tea counter on the UK Tea Council’s home page, Britain has consumed 79,982,215 cups so far today and it isn’t even noon yet. An estimated 98 percent were brewed from tea bags, which, with their paper wrapping, paper tabs and strings, produce tons more excess waste than would loose tea. (The strings can’t be recycled as dental floss, sadly). [Read more...]
17 September 2008 By 1 Comment
The New Tea Ladies
No, Louise Allen didn’t say if she’d ever put lipstick on a teapig. She did, however, offer an honest reply when I asked her why she’d named her London company “teapigs” :”So people like you ask that question”.
15 September 2008 By Leave a Comment
