Tea-rrific recipes
Two tea-rrific recipes:
Warm Tea Noodle Toss
These refreshing Chinese noodles carry a light hint of oolong tea. Serve as a light lunch or make them part of a dinner.Tea Smoked Duck
Here's a duck to impress! Home-smoked in a wok, this can be served cold or at room temperature, with cold Asian noodles and a salad. While loose Chinese black tea is best suited for this, you can split open tea bags of orange pekoe, Darjeeling or English breakfast tea.
Tea time
Designer coffeehouses are giving way to trendy tea boutiques selling an intriguing and tasty variety of loose teas. Loose tea is superior in flavour and freshness to packaged tea bags. Like the flavour of loose tea, but not the mess?
According to Shabnam Weber of the Tea Emporium in Toronto, one of the biggest tea-making mistakes is leaving the tea leaves to steep for too long, making for a bitter brew. Weber suggests using a tea ball, or a tea filter or basket that fits into your teapot, to be removed after the recommended steeping time. Look for tea balls or tea filters in specialty tea shops; $3 to $15. Go to www.theteaemporium.com for more info.
These refreshing Chinese noodles carry a light hint of oolong tea. Serve as a light lunch or make them part of a dinner.Tea Smoked Duck
Here's a duck to impress! Home-smoked in a wok, this can be served cold or at room temperature, with cold Asian noodles and a salad. While loose Chinese black tea is best suited for this, you can split open tea bags of orange pekoe, Darjeeling or English breakfast tea.
Tea time
Designer coffeehouses are giving way to trendy tea boutiques selling an intriguing and tasty variety of loose teas. Loose tea is superior in flavour and freshness to packaged tea bags. Like the flavour of loose tea, but not the mess?
According to Shabnam Weber of the Tea Emporium in Toronto, one of the biggest tea-making mistakes is leaving the tea leaves to steep for too long, making for a bitter brew. Weber suggests using a tea ball, or a tea filter or basket that fits into your teapot, to be removed after the recommended steeping time. Look for tea balls or tea filters in specialty tea shops; $3 to $15. Go to www.theteaemporium.com for more info.
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