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Darjeeling Discovery: Castleton Tea Estate
July 12, 2012
Out of all the tea plantations I went to during my trip, Castleton seemed to...
Darjeeling Discovery: Junpana Tea Estate
July 5, 2012
"What is different about the Junpana tea estate, from all the other tea estates in...
Darjeeling Discovery: Goomtee Tea Estate
June 28, 2012
Darjeeling reminded me of Hayao Miyazaki's Laputa: Castle in the Sky. It is hidden within...
Japanify: Yuzu Ginger Tea
December 15, 2011
It's that time of the year, when my well-windowed apartment gets really cold and I...
Japanify: Kuzu Matcha Kanten with Mizu Yokan
August 25, 2011
A recipe for a Japanese dessert: It takes a mizu-yokan recipe and a matcha-kuzu kanten (agar) and plates them next to one another.
Slightly Peckish: Afternoon Tea at Bea's of Bloomsbury (LDN)
August 23, 2011
Summer this year is a total washout in wet, gray and windy London, so we...
Slightly Peckish: Paris in the Footsteps of Hemingway, Serge + Jane
May 24, 2011
My family and I went on a flying visit to Paris again to rendez-vous with...
Happy Hour: Good Morning Heartache
April 20, 2011
Being out of the country for nearly a month has a tendency to adjust a...
Packaging Whore: Gyokuro Tea for Intelligentsia
April 15, 2011
When visiting Chicago for the first time last year, I of course had Intelligenstia Coffee...
Japanify: Oolong-Hai (Shochu Iced Tea)
March 10, 2011
Step-by-step instructions on how to make Oolong Hai, or shochu iced tea.
Happy Hour: The Hot Toddy
January 20, 2011
Last week I wrote about the Hot Buttered Rum, and how it's a winter drink...
How To Japanify: Preparing and Drinking Sencha
April 22, 2010
Every time I would go to someone's house in Tokyo, they would likely offer me...