White Chocolate Matcha Truffles (aka Brigadeiros)
I have a major sweet tooth, especially when desserts are combined with my love for tea. Daniela of Tea Cachai posted a tasty recipe that combines white chocolate and matcha green tea. Brigadeiros is a new term to me but I love truffles.
A Closer Look: Taking Tea in 1715
Linda
Oolong Hai Tea Cocktail Recipe
Tea cocktails are super popular lately and I wish I had time to experiment with them more. This Japanese tea cocktail recipe from Sara at Tea Happiness is the perfect place to start. Shochu might be a bit hard to find around here though
Why Fingerprinting Tea is a Good Idea
Jill of It’s More Than Tea always impresses me with her balanced and scientific approach to various tea topics. This week she tackled the recent news stories about developments in DNA profiling for tea regions. Fascinating stuff!
1 Mystery Tea, 3 Tea Reviewers
Lu Ann from The Cup of Life posted a triplicate tea review. She tasted a mystery tea and compared tasting notes with her boyfriend, and fellow tea blogger Connie of Tea in Spoons. It was so interesting to see how their experiences differed.
Jill’s fingerprinting tea blog is FASCINATING! Thank you so much for highlighting it. There is research going on in Taiwan right now to identify isotopes the are distinct to specific growing areas (e.g. Alishan, Shan Lin Xi, Dong Ding) in an attempt to be able to authenticate specific origin (from what I understand, this is only possible at broad countrywide levels at the moment.) I’m looking forward to seeing what results from this.
This kind of technology is definitely exciting. It could go a long towards establishing authenticity of teas.
Thank you for including me once again on your Friday Roundup! It’s nice to hear that people enjoy my work.
You’re so welcome! Your blog has been a great addition to my weekly tea reading 🙂