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Can You Drink Oolong Tea with Milk?

teasenz — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 15:19:40 +0000

If you’re a tea enthusiast or a food blogger, you’ve likely explored making the ultimate tea with milk. But have you ever wondered, whether you can drink oolong tea with milk? The answer is a resounding yes! This blog will guide you through the fascinating world of oolong tea, its compatibility with milk, and how to create the perfect oolong milk tea. What is Oolong Tea? Oolong tea is a traditional Chinese tea known for its unique processing method that involves partial oxidation. Originating from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, oolong tea has a rich history that spans centuries. The name “oolong” translates to “black dragon,” reflecting the tea’s distinctive curled leaves. Oolong tea is not just delicious; it’s also packed with health benefits. It’s rich in antioxidants, helps in weight management, and can improve heart […]

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Pairing Cakes with Tea

teasenz — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:38:23 +0000

If you love tea, and you want to know what food goes well with tea, you simply can’t miss out on delicious cakes. Yet, every cake is different and depending on the taste profile, you’ll want to pair with the right tea. For tea and dessert pairings purposes, cakes can be divided into 3 types: fruity, chocolate, and cheese cakes. Fruit cakes and tea pairing Fruity desserts such as strawberry cakes one of the most popular types of cakes, but pairing them with tea isn’t always easy. A strong black tea easily flushes way the fruitiness, which isn’t the effect you want. A way more compatible tea is white tea. Young loose leaf white teas have flowery and fruity notes. The flowery aroma perfectly complements the strawberry and lemon cakes. If the fruity cake is […]

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Herbal Tea Ice Cubes (T-Cubes)

teasenz — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:48:10 +0000

Have some summer fun by freezing beautiful herbs and flowers in ice cubes (a.k.a. T-Cubes)! Great to cool your drinks and add some additional flavor and aroma to it. Try it out ourself! We can highly recommend the following herbs: Pink Rose flowers Chinese Chrysanthemum tea Goji berries Jujube / Chinese date

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Do You Want a Tea Cocktail Mar-tea-ni or a Bubble Tea with Mixology

teasenz — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 05:24:00 +0000

Tea is the new coffee! As more and more restaurants, cafes and hotels starting to sell more exotic teas, a few of them are now trying to get creative in order to offer something unique. Here are two very good examples: Mar-tea-ni Berkeley’s Asha Tea House (2086 University Ave.) has always been a place for people with different levels of tea appreciation, including teenagers craving sweet boba drinks and connoisseurs who spend hours steeping top-grade high-mountain oolong leaves in a traditional gaiwan. Now there’s something for the boozehounds among us, too: Since August, Asha has been serving a small selection of tea cocktails. The drinks, which are available after 5:30 p.m., offer convincing evidence that tea and alcohol do, in fact, mix — better than you might imagine. Bubble Tea with Mixology The Frozen Old […]

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How To Easily Make Bubble Tea At Home

teasenz — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 07:19:22 +0000

While bubble tea has been very popular among teenagers in Asian countries. This is proven by the fact that even a bubble tea museum was opened last year in Taiwan. But that’s not it, bubble tea is now also making its way in Western countries with the world’s largest Bubble tea being created in Los Angeles created last year. Though it looks complicated to make, it’s actually really easy and much cheaper than buying it bubble tea store! 1. Buy Dry Tapioca Pearls Tapioca pearls can usually be purchased at any Asian/Chinese supermarket. Make sure it’s ‘Tapioca Starch’ (not potato) as they taste better! What you will be surprised how cheap they are and you will start wondering why bubble tea stores sells it for premium prices. 2. Dissolve Sugar in Hot Water Because bubble […]

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Sweet Tea Lemonade

teasenz — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:45:48 +0000

Sitting at the beach or down by the pool, or even just a hot day walking in the city – the best two drinks are iced tea and lemonade. Refreshing black tea, sweet tart lemonade – often sweet tea is even served with a slice of lemon. So why not combine the two drinks and make a kind of sort of… super summer drink? that drink is black tea lemonade. This black tea lemonade recipe, via the vanilla bean blog, is a great fusion of the two recipes and a way to cool off in a sweet fashion. Here’s how to make it: Black Tea Lemonade 8 cups of water 5 spoons of a strong, black tea (I usually use Irish Breakfast) 1 12-ounce can of frozen lemonade concentrate Boil 8 cups of water on […]

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Therapeutic Teas

teasenz — Thu, 08 Aug 2013 05:45:55 +0000

Sometimes you just feel bad. You just have yuckiness in your bones, “ugh!” in your muscles and skin. You just want a nice hot cup of anything that can fix you. To feel the steam of it fill your nostrils before you drink it, feel the heat through that favorite mug. You want a nice cup of tea. A cup of tea that can make everything right again. Luckily there are therapeutic teas you can make yourself to take the ick out of your life when you want that steaming mug of tea. Here are some great teas to use when you’re feeling under the weather. Constipation Tea Ingredients: 3 parts fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) seed 1 part senna (Cassia officinalis, Senna alexandrina) leaf ½ part cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana) root 1 part licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) […]

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Make Milk Tea Sherbet

teasenz — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 04:06:38 +0000

Sometimes after a hot summer day, the exact thing you need is a nice cup of ice-cream. It’s cold, sweet, and really just hits the spot. So, why not combine your favorite winter drink and summer treat and make tea ice cream? Whether with an icecream maker or with a ziplock bag, like that science project in middle school, you can easily add tea to the mix and make a wonderful treat. One such recipe allows you to make milk tea sherbet with black tea. Here is how to make it. Ingredients: 1 cup light (clear) corn syrup 1 cup filtered or bottled water 6 tablespoons black tea (about 12 teabags) 1/2 cup sugar 2 cups half and half, cold 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, to taste Directions Combine corn syrup and water […]

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Make Tennessee Tea Cakes

teasenz — Fri, 26 Jul 2013 05:02:53 +0000

The American South is known for many things, but if there are any two to come to mind- it is good food and iced tea. From sweet, dripping pitchers of Sweet Tea, to buttery goodness that is Southern cuisine – it’s a great place to cheat a little on your diet. One such treat to have with your tea, whether you have “Sweet Tea” or not, is a Tennessee Tea Cake. As the blog Being the Secret Ingredient describes their recipe, “Dense, chewy, sweet, and dark blonde. The first bite is perhaps unspectacular, but something in it beckons you on to bite two. By the time you are licking the powdered sugar off your fingers, ready to put the lid back on the tin and call it a day, something lingering on your palate draws you back for […]

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Make Marco Polo Tea Cookies

teasenz — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:07:24 +0000

There’s nothing like having a really awesome cookie with an even better cup of tea. You can double that by even making cookies out of tea. It would be the perfect thing for a nice night in at your home or even entertain your friends by having a superbly tea filled tea party. One interesting recipe that would be great for this is the Marco Polo tea cookie via Bicil The Baker Here is the recipe for you to make Marco Polo Tea Cookies: Marcopolo Cookie Things you need: 250 gr plain flour 1 1/2 tbsp black tea leaves 1 tsp of Osmanthus tea leaves (this will give a lighter taste to the cookies) 1 tsp coarse salt 62.5 gr icing sugar, sifted 226 gr unsalted butter, room temperature 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract Things you need to do: […]

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