Some time ago, we ran into one small but annoying problem — the problem of distracting background snacks at tea-and-food tastings. Well, that is, such snacks that the guest always has at hand and which […]
Olga Nikandrova & Denis Shumakov
Category: Tea and Food Pairing
Cold Brewed White Tea, Fino and Apple Paste Layered Pie
Needle-type white tea infused for 30 minutes in cool water, room-temperature Fino and classic pure-apple Belyovskaya pastila (apple paste layered pie). All parts of this set combine well with one another in pairs — including […]
Basque Cheesecake and Sheng Pu’er
Basque “burnt” cheesecake is simply magically, deliciously combined with sheng (raw) pu’er. The creamy caramel of the dessert and the floral-woody astringency (be it bright or soft, doesn’t matter) of sheng pu’er complement each other […]
Black Tea with Pepper and Anchovies
A recipe from the old book “Pskov Tea” is taken as a basis, it is very simple: you need to take a teaspoon of black tea and a pinch of black pepper, pour a glass […]
Mi Lan Xiang Dan Cong and Grünberger
Grünberger is a semi-hard cow’s milk cheese from eastern Switzerland with a piquant creamy flavor. Mi Lan Xiang Dan Cong is a Guangdong oolong with obvious floral and fruity notes and an equally obvious baked […]