Steep It Loose — TEA RECIPES

Matcha is a powdered green tea. It can be used as an ingredient or made as a tea. With matcha, whole tealeaves are consumed, not just the liquid from the steeped tealeaves, as with other teas. Although Matcha originated by the Tang Dynasty in China (617-907), it was the Zen Buddhists who described the etiquette…

An easy, fun and healthy appetizer to make a party of twenty or two. Poached BOULDER BLUES Salmon Crostinis Yields: 12-16 appetizers Cooking with Tea Technique: Poaching Ingredients: – 1 whole wheat baguette, 12 -16 crostinis – 1 lemon, 8 slices 1/4 in thick – 1 TBS Boulder Blues green tea, loose – 1 TBS parsley, leaves finely chopped,…

A quick, easy & tea-licious meal that takes 20 minutes to make… Ingredients: 1 lb shrimp, peeled & deveined 1 1/2 TBS Maté Limon Chai* Tea-soning 4 TBS canola oil, divided 1 red onion, diced 1 clove garlic, minced 1 zucchini, chopped 1 yellow squash, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 can corn, drained…

Since I’ll be talking about one retailer each week, I decided to focus my attention, this week and next, to retailers (and e-tailers) who have a particularly good shop for the Valentine’s season. My focus this week will be on a new bakery in Denver called Living the Sweet Life. This past fall, owner and…