prepare your teapot and ensure the correct amount of tea leaves are inside. Once the water has boiled, pour it into the teapot and then serve some to your guests. Enjoy the conversation until the tea has cooled enough to drink.The...
brought the Mimosa cocktail into the limelight. In 1966, a London reporter found a famous English movie director at a hotel, enjoying Mimosas and smoking a cigar. This article was widely reprinted in American newspapers, and the director’s subsequent visit to New York further popularized the ...
Learn how to make Chinese tea eggs, 茶叶蛋 (cháyèdàn). A 24-hour+ soy marinade creates its signature fractured stained glass veneer!
2% of blended rums available at the average American liquor store are adequate for daiquiri-making (Plantation Rum being one). If you must buy only one bottle, make it a non-blended, relatively dry column-still aged rum, in the 8-to-12-year range. But if you're really serious about ...
The proper way to make a cup of good tea is a matter of some importance. The plan which I have practised twelve months is this : The tea-pot is at once filled up with boiling water, then the i ea is put into the pot, and is allowed to stand for five minutes before it is used...
Brewed tea is 99 percent water, so the water you start with has a lot to do with the final taste of the brewed tea. If your water tastes “off” or has impurities, then your tea will taste the same, no matter how strong you make your brew. Just remember that it’s always best ...
it to make it a big-batch summer cocktail. Simply mix all of your spirits and sour mix together, then add Coca-Cola and ice when ready to serve. Long Island Iced Tea Variations The Long Island Iced Tea is one of the most riffed upon cocktails out there, with every bar and bartender...
Learn how to make masala chai tea from scratch with the traditional Indian technique of infusing whole spices into water and milk.
Ginseng tea is a type of 涼茶 (leung cha) that has cooling properties. Mama Lin would boil American ginseng root (花旗參) with water for an hour or so and then pour the tea into small bowls for me to drink. Although I had an aversion to bitter Chinese herbal teas when I was young,...
An American expatknown only as “Michelle”had posted an instructional TikTok on how to make “British tea.” A collective groan could be heard from Land’s End to John O’Groats, as Michelle and her daughter blasted a mug of water in the microwave, added a free pour of sugar, half an...