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Tea Chronicles: Understand it is Tea & not Potpourri!

Tea Chronicles: Understand it is Tea & not Potpourri!

My dear friends, countrymen, tea lovers, tea enthusiasts, remember when the thought knocks on your door to entice you into making yourself a cup of tea or entering a tea salon or a tea bar to have a cup of the two leaf and a bud, do remind yourself whether you would like to have the cup of tea to soothe the mind, to awaken yourself, to dream and drift or merely to write, read or hold close as a companion. If the thought lingers that the cup should heal the body and soothe the soul, then do understand one...


Tea Chronicles: What is the difference between green tea and black tea?

Tea Chronicles: What is the difference between green tea and black tea?

Green tea and black tea is is made from the same bush / plant called Camellia Sinensis. It is the method of manufacturing that makes it different. 

The tea is plucked and taken to the factory wherein immediately leaves are steamed or pan fired. This prevents oxidation (turns brown). Hence the color, taste, aroma of the tea is close to how it was when it was plucked. 

In comparison, the black tea is an oxidized tea. The leaves are plucked, taken to the factory. The tea leaves...


Tea Chronicles: What is the right process to brew / infuse Tea?

Tea Chronicles: What is the right process to brew / infuse Tea?

There is one thing that i keep telling all who like to know more about tea, there is never an estimation or an andaaza or never a guess on how to make / infuse / brew tea. There is a certain process, methodology, a certain process that is required to be followed to give you that perfect cup of tea each time you make as many number of times you want. 

If you want to have a perfect cup each and every time, stay close to measurement, time...


Tea Chronicles: What should the temperature of water be to infuse Tea?

Tea Chronicles: What should the temperature of water be to infuse Tea?

 

Well that's exactly what the tea leaves sang as they swam, dived, felt the happy bubbles of the water little did they realize that many who poured the water into the kettle knew nothing about the fact that, it is the lifeline, a key factor for the leaves to unfurl and release the aroma as well as the flavor. When i indulge in 'me' time and i think of at times sipping Tea in the luxurious hotels, boutique hotels, the so called 'fine'...


Recipe: Breakfast Matcha Mango Smoothie

Recipe: Breakfast Matcha Mango Smoothie

 

 

To begin the day with a spark, the one thing that i feel helps tremendously is a good breakfast! If one can have this one smoothie, it brings in the antioxidants, the protein, the carbohydrates and the the minerals! 

The recipe is simple and with Mango being in season, all you need is to have in your cupboard good Matcha from a reliable source and you are ready to seize the...