Flavored tea – homemade
Do you like tea? Pure black or green tea is something wonderful. But sometimes you may crave a particular flavor. There are many classic flavored teas. Such as Earl Grey black tea or green jasmine tea. Rooibos or fruit teas are also altered with flavors. Mostly, however, these are not so classic, but are adapted to the season and partly change from year to year. Flavors or essential oils are mostly used in flavored teas Only very high-quality, expensive teas use fresh flavors, for example, fresh flowers. In this case, the fresh tea leaves are mixed with fresh blossoms so that the fine aroma of the blossoms is transferred to…
White tea – the mild one from the tea family
White tea is made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis. So are the yellow, green, blue-green, red, and black tea And yet there is a difference. The difference between these teas is in the processing. The beginning of processing is the same for all types of tea. First, the leaves are picked. Always early in the morning so they don’t get too much sun, which stimulates oxidation. Then the leaves are withered. To do this, they are spread out on grids or bamboo mats and left there for several hours. Sometimes they are withered in the sun, but most often they are stored in sheds and the process might be…
Six tea colors and their meaning
As is well known, not all teas are the same! And by tea, I mean the infusion drink made from the leaves of Camellia sinensis. And not the various other infusion drinks made from different fruits, leaves, and herbs. In China, tea is divided into different colors depending on the degree of oxidation and processing. In Europe we have adopted this color classification for the most part, but not in every case. According to the traditional Chinese tea colour classification, they are classified as follows: White Tea The leaves are picked, withered, and dried without further processing. Only young shoots and leaves are used, they still…
Matcha – the versatile green powder
Matcha is a Japanese green tea powder It’s made from the best teas. For example, from the Gyokuro. They are also called shade or half shade tea because the bushes are covered with straw mats or nets a few weeks before the harvest (in Japanese: Kabuse). The plants produce more chlorophyll and caffeine, but only a few bitter substances. Matured in this way you get a soft, not very bitter tea. These are very valuable and expensive teas. Matcha is made from the leaves, without the leaf veins, and is the most valuable of all powder teas. It is used in Japan as a tea for ceremonies. There is also…
Green tea – 7 important rules to prepare it right
*Affiliate link*: Through an “affiliate link” I refer to a product that I like. If you buy something through this link, you pay the same for the product, but I get a commission Not all kinds of tea are the same! And by tea, I mean only the drink made from “Camellia Sinensis“. No fruit, herb, or redbush infusions. But even if I only mean the teas from the “Camellia Sinensis“, there are different kinds and they are prepared in distinct ways. Today I’ll show you what’s important when preparing green tea. Green tea is a bit trickier to prepare than black tea. If green tea is prepared incorrectly, it…
Five o’clock-tea – what could be better?
The best thing about England is the Five o’clock-tea It comprehends a big pot of tea, black tea of course, but it may also be flavoured, for example Earl-Grey, and small appetizers. Where small is often not really true. Actually, it could replace a meal. And the time is also very variable. You can get scones in the morning as well. History of the Five o’clock-tea There are several stories about the emergence of the Five o’clock-tea, one is, for example, that at five o’clock something was eaten and drunk, so that at dinner no unpleasant stomach sounds would be heard. Tea was not introduced to England until the mid-17th…
14 reasons why you should read this blog
Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Daniela and I am the happy co-owner of a spice and tea business, which I started together with my husband Matthias in 2002. We live and work in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland, but our mother tongue is German. Since 2002 a lot has happened- We already hold spice and tea courses along with theme cooking evenings. Plus, we have been asked to organize spice trips ?, who knows, maybe this is the next step. Personally, cooking is not my thing, it has to be quick and easy and I mostly leave it to my husband… BUT, I do enjoy…
