- Chai Ice Cream
- According to historian Lizzie Collingham in her terrific Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors, the English popularized tea drinking in India in the early 1900s as a way to expand the market for the tea they were growing there...
- Lemon Verbena Mint Herb Tea
- A while ago I ordered some herbal tea at the Chez Panisse Café in Berkeley. The tea arrived in a large, clear, glass teapot, filled with green leaves and hot water. The tea was lovely - light, lemony, minty. After...
- Chinese Tea Ceremony
- I recently had the pleasure of attending a small class on Chinese tea and tea ceremony, given by Chinese scholar Bing YeYoung, a former professor of Chinese culture in Beijing who left China and came to America following Tiananmen Square...
- Adagio Flowering Tea
- Photo courtesy of Adagio Teas Have you ever made tea from a pod, that expands into a flower right before your eyes? They are quite a marvel and make a lovely surprise for someone who has never seen such a...
- Adagio Teas
- Looking for a gift for the tea-lover in you life? I recommend a package from Adagio Teas. A few months ago the kind folks from Adagio sent out tea samples to many food bloggers to review. I received both...
- Sun Tea
- As the mercury breaks 100°F on these hot summer days (or 38°C for those of you on a metric system) a great way to make some tea without heating up your kitchen is to use the power of the sun...
- Chai
- The first time I had chai, I was in a small rented room in the Chungking Mansion in Hong Kong (notoriously cheap accommodations). Our little cel block area probably had 4 bedrooms, and one little old Chinese lady who sat...