Tea

I enjoy a cup of tea every now and then, especially on a cold winter night. My favourites are green tea and black tea with milk. Actually, I should say, I like milk tea.

I've made the difference between tea with milk and milk tea :

Tea with milk has more tea than milk. Usually at least a 70% tea, 30% milk.
Milk tea on the other hand, would be, for me, 50% tea to 50% milk.

Heard of arguments that say milk isn't good for tea and that it takes away some of the nutrients in it. What's it called? Catechins, that's right. Then there are others that say drinking tea after a meal is harmful to health as well. Oh dear.. does it matter to me? Not really. I don't drink it aften after a meal anyway.

I loke the fmell of tea, especially when I have plenty of them stashed in a cupboard and when I walk past the cupboard, this light aroma of tea leaves fills the nostrils.

Cooking with tea leaves takes some experimentation too. Sometimes, I'll sprinkle a pinch of green tea leaves into my rice while it cooks in the rice cooker for that light tea taste, or in my meat and vegetable stir-fries. I prefer Longjing tea leaves when I cook because the leaves are edible. They give a light bitter-dry taste when you first chew it, but after you swallow, it has a tinge of dry-sweetness.

My favourite tea dish is the tea egg. I've not successfully done it myself, but everytime I walk past a herbal shop that sells it, I'll surely buy a couple. It's done with some herbs, I think, with tea leaves and soy sauce. Smells good, tastes good!

Then there's green tea ice-cream, green tea jelly, oh and ginger tea! Stumbled upon this website dedicated to tea.. It has recipes for tea. Chai Tea Oatmeal, Chocolate Green Tea Sorbet, Earl Grey Mushroom Risotto with Brown Rice....

Makes my mouth drool just writing about it! Have not tried any of the recipes, but they all sound amazing!