This is a simple sauce using gyokuro that I adapted from the book Cooking with Tea. It’s great for dishes with fish because of the natural umami and marine...
Infusing Green Tea in Honey
At my home there’s always honey. I don’t eat honey that much, but my wife and daughter like it a lot. Some time ago I read this post about...
Matcha Mojito Recipe
I used to enjoy preparing cocktails for friends when I was younger. Now I only do so occasionally. One that I like very much is the mojito. It is...
Matcha Affogato
Affogato means “drowned” in Italian, and it consists of gelatto (or just a normal ice cream nowadays) and espresso. A modern version of this is the matcha affogato. It’s...
Cha-miso Recipe
I saw this recipe at the theanoholic! blog and decided to give it a try. It contains spent sencha leaves, miso and mirin. Both miso and mirin are basic...
Sencha Vodka Tonic
Last week I held a Japanese food and tea pairing with my friend Kayoko. At the end, we served a tea cocktail: the sencha vodka tonic. It was a...
Three Teas Umami Seasoning
I received a tea recipe booklet from Sugimoto Tea. This seasoning recipe has three Japanese green teas in it: houjicha, sencha and genmaicha. That’s why I had to try...