Tea egg

So last weeknd was the long weekend
I was invited to a dinner from one of my friends
I found that not only Taiwanese people would like to serve the following dish
My friend from China always like to serve this dish as well

What dish?
Tea egg

My friend made it as a starter or a salad dish as pics showed above

Tea egg is kind of a snack for Chinese/Taiwanese or Hong Kong people

You may see why I would write Tea egg as today’s entry
coz obviously
it relates to tea

 

The eggs are boiled into this tea liquid
The tea that used usually black tea
or Pu-erh tea
or tea that have high in dar-brown tannins
It not only gives the taste but the color of it

green tea will be too bitter for it

It is salty
and
soy sauce or Chinese five-spice power are added into it for flavour
Yummy! 

Receipe: http://coffeeworks.blogs.com/coffee_and_tea/2005/07/tea_eggs_a_cut_.html

Lemon Tea – Lipton

I am having a cold… and feeling so sick

Gotta stay home and browing the internet to kill time and “rest”

All I can have and want to have is lemon tea or lemon with honey

Becoz it gives a lot of Vitamin C
There is a special chemical reaction when the lemon in a hot drink

It will produce natural steroid which can cure cold

The tea that mix good with lemon is from Lipton…
Check this website out, it is really good!! Feel like I am in the field of tea

I love it

http://www.lipton.com/

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Mood & tea

I guess I have tried a beverage also called Yogi
But I didn’t know there is a brand of tea called Yogi tea
Haven’t tried it yet

Yet I went on the website
I guess it is fun to choose a tea from your mood or the tea could represent your personality
which I guess it is fun

Because even when I am in a depressing mood
I don’t want to think what kind of tea to drink
I just want to have the perfect tea and appropriate tea for my current mood only
It would be nice if a computer program could tell me what to do as there are many decisions I ought to make everyday already

http://www.yogitea.com/#/MeetOurTeas/

My choice: Bed Time (Valerian and Chamomile)

Ambiance: Sophisticated
Taste: Smooth
Mood: Mellow

No wonder it is called BedTime
becaue chamomile is a good calming agent and help to fall asleep
It is also good for stomache, bowl syndrome, remove cramping and spastic pain and muscle pain
remove excess gas + bloating in intestine

http://www.yogitea.com/#

Tea & Culture – Bubble Tea

Tea culture kind of changed so much lately
Bubble tea become so popular among the young people group

Bubble contains Black tea, tapioca pearls, condensed milk and honey

 guess this picture has explained what’s inside in a bubble tea already

Hm… enjoying my cup of bubble tea today
My favorite is Wheat germ Bubble Tea

You can also make bubble tea at home as well
My taiwanses friends did it in my house once
So nice
Traditional or real Taiwanese bubble tea
Love it!

All you need is :
Tea Bag
Evaporated milk
Sugar
Ice
Starch Balls (which is Tapioca)
Honey
and a Shaker

Simply not just tea – Tea house vs. Tea bar

~Tea house vs Tea bar~

Ok…I was browsing stuff about tea online and came across this tea house

I guess if the tea house that looks what it is in the picture

 picture from Muzi

I will go for it as I am heading to Vancouver in 2 months for a holiday

It looks nice and relax
The most important thing
its website is green
already feeling quite relax by just reading the website

 

So this is the tea house that will be in my plan

but another interesting thing that I saw was - the Tea bar

 
Not bar as in the one you are thinking
I am talking about tea bar

It is chocolate bar but with different tea flavour add into it
Isn’t it interesting

they have:

 match tea bar
rooibos tea bar
Chai tea bar

Sounds great for a tea lover
Wanna to try it out!

Address:

870 west cordova street
vancouver, bc
tel: (604) 689-3188

http://muzitea.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=MUZI_US

Month of Love ~ Are you or are you not my…?

Valentine’s Day just passed

However
this month is still a Month of Love to some people

I was thinking about how tea and love can be related  other than Valentine’s Day (Tea)
This time I saw something really funny/interesting on the internet

There is an idiom in English said, “You are not my cup of tea…”

 Why? Why it has to be tea
not you are not my cup of coffee
or you are not my cup of            … water
            …latte
or …cappuccino?

Sounds negative right?

But some wedding planners from mimigift used this idiom (turn it slightly) for their clients’ weddings 
In a wedding, it is common to give gifts in return to your guests
so here is the gift called, ”We have found our cup of tea”

Isn’t it a great idea?

It is a rose bud tea, even better
From mimigift.hk

Valentine’s Day Tea

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

 So, how’s everyone’s Valentine’s Day?
Hope you have a sweet and happiness Valentine’s Day
I was thinking can tea relate to Valentine’s Day at all
So I was searching online
Cant’ believe that there is Valentine’s Day tea
It is Chocolate Tea!!
No doubt about it, because Valentine’s Day is all about sweetness
So I also tried a chocolate tea today; Coco Truffle from Tea Forte

Smell so sweet from outside already without opening the package
It tastes even better when shared with loved one
There are different meanings for each type of chocolate
Dark chocolate – To share joy and sorrows together
Milk chocolate – passionately in love
Mint chocolate – Puppy Love
White chocolate – Deeply in love
Coffee chocolate – I love you
Vanilla chocolate – crush
Peanut chocolate – Friendship forever
Chocolate liquuor – in love with you
Hazelnut chocolate – My love won’t change
Chestnut chocolate – Break up
Caramel chocolate – Forget me not                                                    Here some tea brand that sell Valentine’s Day tea 
http://www.adagio.com/flavors/valentines.html?SID=49d85d3a2c76d926f70eabfa8bea1981 http://www.harney.com/promo.html              

Hope you have found a tea for today

A song for today while enjoying your cup of tea

Simply not tea – 1

Yuanyang is simply not tea
Because it is a mixture of tea and coffee
it can serve as hot or cold

Love it! becoz I am a person who cannot drink hot coffee (becoz I will have stomache or headache, but I really love the taste and smell of coffee)

this drink not simply coffee, it is mixed with tea, so while enjoying the tea, it still allows me to have a taste of coffee
just little bit
Yum yum, tasty!

This drink is from and very popular in HKNow, I could have it on campus as well, becoz it is also a kind of tea that serve in Tai Wan as well
So good, the only bad thing is just a little bit too sweet

 One more day ’til Valentine’s Day