I know almost nothing about Indian tea, except that it’s called chai. My ignorance is profound, so I asked on Quora a little bit, and also read several posts, about Indian tea. The gist is this: the common style of tea is to start with a black tea, like Assam region or Darjeeling region teas, […]
This is a new, semi-regular feature where I’ll review teas from the supermarket. It’s not high end gourmet tea reviews. It’s just tea from the supermarket. It can be good. The pouchong is a type of oolong largely grown in Taiwan. It’s milder than the typical oolong and may be classified as “green”. This particular […]
While this isn’t a food blog, I will share the basic riceball recipe. Several sites out there have it very, very wrong. Riceballs, or onigiri, are a traditional comfort food. They are used as a kind of “walking food” or something you take along with you to work, or into the fields, and eat as […]