A Nice Cuppa

When is the last time you even heard of a chocolate egg cream?  First they have a disclaimer “Look Ma, no eggs and no cream,” so just what is it that is so quintessentially New York about a classic egg cream? Is it the old time seltzer bottles which are now museum artifacts? Or is […]

The year of the Ox is already inspiring some sumptuous desserts. There is some exotic phoenix ice cream tea action going on here! This triple decker tea infused beauty has tea imbued throughout the dessert in all possible glorious forms.
The crystal sculptured amber and turquoise designed vessel brings to mind a sugar sculpture from the […]

British physicist, Len Fisher, has been employed by a well-known biscuit (cookie) manufacturer to define the optimum dunking time for its confectionery. His findings are way off the mark. For the uninitiated, bickie dunking is a procedure by which you plonk yourself down in your favorite chair, take the weight off your feet and slurp, […]

Did you know that January is National Hot Tea Month?  It is, and it seems like that makes it the perfect time to get a few expert tips on brewing that perfect cup of tea.  Who better to fill us in than The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf’s master tea blender, Dave DeCandia?
According […]

The Van Leeuwen Ice Cream truck is a masterpiece of sweets, within a revamped post office truck.  Founder Pete Van Leeuwen scoops up love letters like a postman from everybody’s sweetie.  Monsieur and Mademoiselle Cacao! A special delivery… Each luscious scoop is the stuff of Shakespearean poetry. The soft mellow yellow once USPS truck is a […]

Once upon time when camellia sinensis tea leaves came to the Western World, I sometimes wondered if the secret of multiple tea infusions was kept to themselves to sell us more tea! Save money and watch the waltz of the leaves…
Perusing various tea vendor recipes? Tea making can seem as though it was rocket science. […]

Hot or cold tea infused oils are easy to conjure. I would like to dedicate this post to new mommy Giada DeLaurentiis! Giada of Everyday Italian of the FoodNetwork. I’m sure most of us love and know her. Her name “Giada” means Jade! I do not believe her meals are quite as easy to conjure! Yet […]

Shake up that summer snowglobe of places you can visit all over the world within a simple cup of tea.
Enter stage left “Tea Ices!” Is it hot enough for summer snowflakes?
English Breakfast or Earl Grey pearly creamy sorbet? I try to escape the heat and envision myself on a trip to Harrods, all crisp […]

Sublime recipes for cool summer tea infusions…
Take off your shoes, shut your oven off for at least a tiny bit and let nature soothe you with some a cool brew fresh tea leaf infusions. One summer, when my air conditioner was not in the mood to be cool, I wanted to make some iced tea and could […]

“There are few hours in life
more agreeable than the hour
dedicated to the ceremony
known as afternoon tea.“
Henry James
Back in 7th grade, my Language Arts teacher taught us how to have a proper English Tea… and ever since then, I’ve been a little more than obsessed with Great Britain and their Tea Traditions. Back then, Mrs. Cranford […]