Category: Tea Recipes

Tea and Food: Creative Ways to Cook With Tea

Not sure what to do with that leftover tea in the cupboard? Here are some creative ideas on how to cook with tea that I’m planning to try soon. Tweet

Recipe: Jasmine tea & mint sorbet

olive magazine has an refreshingly creative and beautiful use for jasmine tea leaves — ice cream sorbet! Tweet

Recipe: Soy Matcha Smoothie

As a follow-up to my earlier post about my first experiences with matcha, I also found a simple recipe for a soy matcha smoothie online. The recipe is simple. You combine 1-2 cups of soy […]

Recipe: Green Tea Chiffon Cake

Can you believe how delicious this cake looks? What an elegant and light looking cake this is. Christine’s recipes provides the step-by-step guide on how to make this cake. I would love to try this […]

Recipe: Darjeeling-Chocolate Layer Cake

With Valentine’s Day around the corner and chocolate on the brain, this looks like a wonderful recipe to use with any darjeeling tea you have laying around. Cooking Light has a great recipe posted for […]

Blending Custom Teas at Home

The possibilities of blending teas to create new and unique flavors and endless. It can be a great way to add a kick to a tea you’ve already got in your cupboard. I’ve been doing […]

Recipe: Matcha Tea Leaf Shortbreads

Classic shortbread cookies are a delightful accompaniment to tea, with a rich buttery flavor and crumbly texture. Here is a beautiful variation of the shortbread recipe which incorporates matcha, a Japanese green tea. As you […]

Recipe: Everyday Indian Chai Tea

Indian chai is basically black tea brewed with specific spices, milk and sugar. The secret to our favorite everyday chai recipe is the spice cardamom. This recipe is simple and easy, and can be made […]

Recipe: Classic Brewed Iced Tea

The secret to brewed ice tea is in the quality of the tea leaves because cooling it down strengthens the tea’s distinctive flavor. In preparing tea, always try to use fresh (preferably filtered) cold water […]