A tea pairing dinner with 5 kinds of oolong, 4 duck dishes and a steak. Read the full post on FlavorBoulevard.com.
Tea and Duck – from appetizer to dessert
Author: Mai
Goji Berry, Wild Trees, and Tofu Misozuke
Six-month-old rooibos kombu tofu misozuke: whoof that was strong! I think at this stage it should be called “sake camembert”. You have to dig deep (let the cheese linger on the tongue for 5 seconds) to taste the rooibos kombu(*),…
Green, oolong and red – Second 5-course tea session
Some people do drugs, I do tea. And I get even higher when I do tea with company: when I recommend the teas to my friends and they enjoy it, I feel accomplished. So of course, when Kristen’s mom visits…
Mooncakes, Oolong and Chrysanthemum
Nancy so kindly shared with me some of her Wild Trees oolong, noting that the package says “a taste of ginseng”. At first, its clumpy look reminds me of a green puer (and it is a lot browner than in…
Jun Shan Yellow Tea and Goji Berry Tea with peach gyoza
After I fried my leftover bouquet peach gyoza, it was time for another food-tea pairing trial. Just last week I bought a couple of ounces of Jun Shan yellow tea (Jun Shan yinzhen 君山銀針) from the Golden Tea Shop for…
Urasenke Chado Demonstration at Obon Festival in Oakland
I felt terrible that I arrived only near the end of the tea ceremony demonstration. First the bus came late. Then I got off a stop too early because I didn’t know the area and the bus driver wasn’t in…
The secret to a good infusion of Anji Bai Cha
Contrast to its name, Bai Cha, which means “white tea”, is a green tea. And unlike other green teas, the Anji Bai Cha must be steeped for a long time to release its full potential. Anji Baicha is delicious and…
Shincha of Spring 2012
“Shincha” means “new tea”. It’s popular in Japan, but outside of the Japan, it’s the kind of “insider tea” that only a regular would know because the host whispers to her “hey we just got a small bag arrive in…
Pair Dim Sum with Oolong at Shanghai Dumpling King
The waiter brought out a kettle of tea, but Nancy Togami waved him back, asking for just plain hot water. Carefully, she used her thermometer to check the water temperature. One hundred and eighty degree Fahrenheit, too cool to steep…
Anhui Yellow Tea
When Cheryl steeped it, it made me think of coffee. Not the bitterness but the sturdy sweetness of roasted beans. It’s dark, vigorous, nutty and confident. I couldn’t replicate the taste even as I watch the time (~ 15-20 seconds?)…