"And it existed nowhere outside of my kitchen." If this isn't a call-to-action to tea heads everywhere, then I don't know what is. The singularity of the experience has always been a bedrock of my tea experiences and —like making your own Hojicha, which we've both written about or futzing with chai blends—I now I have to go back and revise my own feelings about scenting teas. I went to an event with the good people at Vert last month—https://teawithdweez.substack.com/p/dream-state-another-watarai-san-ikebana—in Kamakura where we blended sencha, sakura leaves (as you had written about) & black pepper—where we all chose our ratios I put in almost no leaves. Now I've got yet another tea thing I've been wrong about—can't wait for more.
Thanks for so much care in whipping up the instructions at the end for us to DIY Max. Much love.
Last night I enjoyed some green tea from a Sikkim garden which they've scented with jasmine flowers from their own fields. That's the kind of house brew I'd like to see more often. I know Nepali Tea Traders does a homegrown chai with a similar ethos.
"And it existed nowhere outside of my kitchen." If this isn't a call-to-action to tea heads everywhere, then I don't know what is. The singularity of the experience has always been a bedrock of my tea experiences and —like making your own Hojicha, which we've both written about or futzing with chai blends—I now I have to go back and revise my own feelings about scenting teas. I went to an event with the good people at Vert last month—https://teawithdweez.substack.com/p/dream-state-another-watarai-san-ikebana—in Kamakura where we blended sencha, sakura leaves (as you had written about) & black pepper—where we all chose our ratios I put in almost no leaves. Now I've got yet another tea thing I've been wrong about—can't wait for more.
Thanks for so much care in whipping up the instructions at the end for us to DIY Max. Much love.
Last night I enjoyed some green tea from a Sikkim garden which they've scented with jasmine flowers from their own fields. That's the kind of house brew I'd like to see more often. I know Nepali Tea Traders does a homegrown chai with a similar ethos.
Love this! I like adding jasmine and have been wanting to get some osmanthus