Mar 4th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Yesterday, I wrote about Japan's national beverage, namely the humble yet refined glass of green tea.
However, just as no two glasses of wine are created equal, green tea is just as varied as the finest fruit of the vine.
Indeed, there are a multitude of specialty green teas, each varying in taste, texture and complexity.
While a true vinophile would never consistently drink glass upon glass of ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Big in Japan: A taster's guide to green tea
Mar 4th, 2008 at 10:00AM: Yesterday, I wrote about Japan's national beverage, namely the humble yet refined glass of green tea.
However, just as no two glasses of wine are created equal, green tea is just as varied as the finest fruit of the vine.
Indeed, there are a multitude of specialty green teas, each varying in taste, texture and complexity.
While a true vinophile would never consistently drink glass upon glass of ...Interactive Map of Regional Foods: Where is Goetta?
Oct 14th, 2007 at 1:00PM: Almost every time I head to northern Kentucky to visit my aunts I swing by Kroger for oatmeal sausage. It's one of my childhood favorite foods that my grandparents served. The quest for oatmeal sausage, also called goetta, has been a lifelong venture. When we used to live further away, I would freeze it and wrap it in newspaper to bring it home. When I lived in overseas, I'd bring packets of ...Don't Poo-poo Pu-er Tea
Oct 12th, 2007 at 8:40AM: Who cares about the price of tea in China? More and more people globally. A recent article in the WSJ says that there's been a run on China's most popular tea, pu-er (aka pu-erh, or pu'er, or Bolay tea). A recent sale netted the seller almost $40,000 . . . for a single 3.5oz cake that was 60 years old.
Like all true teas (as opposed to fruit "tea" or herbal "tea"), it's made from the Camellia ...A Canadian in Beijing: Lost in the Market and Laughing
Jun 17th, 2007 at 6:31AM:
With a rickety gate marking one of the main entrances, the market spills out on both sides. There are stalls of all shapes and sizes featuring all kinds of items whose colours cascade down tiered bins and flowing displays. All of the visual action splashes into my senses. The different smells from each stall curl into each other in comfort as we pass through and into the heart of the market. ...A Canadian in Beijing: Laoshe Cha Guan (Laoshe Teahouse)
Jun 15th, 2007 at 11:45AM:
Tea is important in China. It has been part of China's cultural legacy for centuries. Even the word "tea" originally comes from the word "te" in Fuzhou Hua (the Chinese dialect in Fuzhou Province). In Mandarin, the word for tea is "cha" ? (same character) and many other languages also use this pronunciation. Tea has so much significance here and is used for so much, not just to fill a cup so ...The "Sweet Tea" Mason-Dixon Line
Jun 13th, 2007 at 10:18AM: If you've spent any time in the southern US, you know about "sweet tea." Pre-sweetened -- sometimes mouth-puckeringly so -- sweet tea is a staple throughout the south. But what do we mean when we say "the south"? Historically, the line of separation between the north and the south has been the Mason-Dixon line. This line, set by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon on October 9, 1767, settled a ...
