The very best quality tea rooms on Manhattan are scarce. In this commercialised hotbed of competitiveness the real deal is often leapt over by gimmicky phrases shouting American tea businesses […]
Paris tea culture has evolved tremendously over the past twenty years since I visited the enchanting French capital for the first time. Beyond the established commercial giants and the ‘historic’ […]
Your tea ware should be considered for the aesthetic appeal, but also for the type and age of the tea being served. Millennia of connoisseurship has tested that the brewing […]
Like with wine and other desirable commodities consumed, tea quality can plummet when incorrect human practices or unsuitable climate conditions join the foes against the integrity of Camelia sinensis. A fake, […]
Kajitsu is a Michelin stared Japanese restaurant serving authentic plant-based kaiseki ryori in New York. The owner, a grain exporter from Japan, stages a biennale of talented Japanese chefs taking over […]
One cannot rush when tea is involved. A frantic pick me up tea time, is simply against the nature of the leafy beverage. Tea can become a tool assisting with […]
My photo below tells it all: the focused gaze of the Kichisen’s master chef Yoshimi Tanigawa shows how much focus goes into his food and how much he cares to […]
Higher consumer consciousness about health and the quality of purchased food created the new food market – the [over]informed customer. I wrote about the evolution of taste and consumer preferences, […]
Cha Cha No Ma literally means a dining room where tea is served. Hidden from the sights of the Tokyo’s manic shoppers in the narrow maze of shopping cul-de-sacs in […]
As with the omnipresent juice bars in the previous decade, at least as numerous as the Starbucks coffee joints, now the world is being splashed with a fun new drink – bubble tea…