Browsing the topic Tea Preparation
May 24, 2012
Got Milk Oolong?
Have you ever heard of a milk oolong? It doesn’t have real milk in it, it’s corn milk. When the tea leaves are rolled in the processing of this oolong, they add corn to them and the essence of the corn is infused into the tea leaves. The corn milk that saturates the tea leaf [...]
March 29, 2012
Matcha: Quick & Dirty
I’m a fairly idealistic person. Pretty optimistic. I also appreciate beauty, art, ritual. But, I also love efficiency. Being a father of three children under the age of four motivates me to look for ways I can accomplish things quicker and easier. I have figured out how to make breakfast for everyone in the quickest [...]
June 22, 2011
Mountain Chai – Chocolate Mint Dessert Tea
I just returned from a much needed Summer vacation in the Grand Teton mountain area of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. What an incredibly beautiful place! I’m so grateful that our country has preserved that land, it’s a must see for anyone. While staying with family in a nice big house that had the Grand Tetons as [...]
March 15, 2011
Drink to Long Life with Japanese Matcha
There have been countless claims throughout history of people declaring that they have found the secret to long life. Whether it is in special water found at an oasis in a city of gold at the end of the earth or in a rare pill that will give you just the thing you need to [...]


