Thank you to the @specialityteaeurope for featuring me! It is my great pleasure to be a Certifier. What an amazing Tea program and talented people!🍵 🫖#Repost @specialityteaeurope with @make_repost ・・・ Meet Maria Esther Lopez-Thome from the United States, one of our newest and most active certifiers. María Esther is the Co-founder among her husband, Dylan Thome, of Coffea School, located in Miami Gardens - Florida, a Training Centre focused on sharing knowledge, ideas, innovation and information about specialty tea and coffee, through education and training activities based on an international program certification. ‘As a certifier I need structure and formality in my process. And this is something ESTA is bringing to all tea aficionados and professionals’. Click on the link in our bio and select Education/Meet the Certifiers to find out more. #Teaschool #teaandfood #teapairing #teesommelier #teaandfoodpairing #theesommelier #teafood #teafoodpairing #theecourses #foodpairing #theeschool #theeworkshop #teablogger #specialtytea #teabloggers #theeacademy #teaculture #greentea #tealover #teablog #teaaddict #tealovers #europeanspecialityteaassociation #esta https://www.instagram.com/p/Cda7kpzOnOM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Time for another review of a great tea. It's been a busy week so I turned to a tea that helps to change my mood. This week's review comes from Yunnan Sourcing called Jin Jun Mei Premium AA grade.
This has been the highest rated tea that I've done and for good reason. The aroma and flavor profile on this can not be easily described. I equate this tea to a Gran Reserva Rioja wine from Spain. The first thing you notice is the incredible silky mouthfeel with integrated tannins. There are so many hints and nuances in both the aroma and flavors.
It's an amazing tea. Please note that this review is for the 2021 offering (which sadly is no longer available). Even then, this tea still glows in the cup.
You need to purchase some of the 2022 from Yunnan Sourcing. It's priced the same as what I purchased last year so it's exceptionally affordable and worth getting some.
Link over to the website at Artofhtepair.com to check out my review and let me know what you think. You'll be happy that you did.🥰
And for the grand finale of my cheese and tea pairings experience - Black tea & Lapsang Souchong both pairs well with Blue cheese - Not a fan of blue cheese so left this one to last 😆 as I’m British I have my black tea with milk so that’s why it looks so light I’m the picture 📷 #teapairing #teaandcheese #teaandcheesepairing https://www.instagram.com/p/CYJeN-oITM0/?utm_medium=tumblr
Delicious Christmas morning fruit cake baked by @kuisjanet paired with Huo Shan Huang Ya. A surprisingly perfect pairing. You never know…. #teapairing #xmastea #christmastea #yellowtea #huangcha #newyorkteasociety #teaclub (at Forest Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6RoX_uIGF/?utm_medium=tumblr
What tea would you pair with this cherry fudge cake with creamy cheese filling? #teapairing #teasweet #desserttea #chocolatecake https://www.instagram.com/p/CQZb10dBen6/?utm_medium=tumblr
#breakfast time! Pairing some @teabento Itatsi #genmaicha made from #fukamushicha and some #snapdragonpanasiancuisine #pho #noodlebowl it's from #costco and one of my favorite instant noodles. The tea is great, I'm on steep three, and it just keeps giving. #tea #teapairing #japanesetea #greentea #cga #teaofinstagram
Jin Xuan Milk Oolong paired with pineapple 🍍 Pineapple, milk, and caramel notes from this tea come through the palette when combined with pineapple! #thehealingtreellc #teapairing #tea #teatasting #oolong #milkoolong #jinxuantea #jinxuan #pineapple https://www.instagram.com/p/B8maAROAGGb/?igshid=usnmkpn9s7qb
It’s Girl Scout Cookie Season! Coming in hot is this pairing for one of my favourites, the Tagalong/Peanut Butter Patty. I’ve always loved peanut butter everything, and these are no exception. They’re sweet but salty, thanks to the peanut butter, and the silky chocolate coating keeps them from feeling too dry. I’m drinking it with a smoky earl grey from @fortnums . This black tea is strong enough to stand against the cookie flavours, and the bergamot notes help lift what could otherwise be a heavy combination. Add a little creamer and you’ve got a perfectly grown-up snack; like milk and cookies meets afternoon tea. What tea would you like to drink with these? 🔴 #teatime #teaandcookies #girlscoutcookieseason #teapairing #tagalongs #milkandcookies #afternoontea #girlpower #girlscouts #internationalwomensday #peanutbutterpatties #smokyearlgrey #earlgrey #hottea #vintagelove #individualitea #teatimemagfeed (at Bellingham, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMKVvy7gd1Z/?igshid=1a9j3qs2jnkdw
Now this cheese and tea pairings I didn’t think would work 🤔 Was told Earl Grey tea pairs well with Goat Cheese - and it did! #teapairing #teaandcheese #teaandcheesepairing https://www.instagram.com/p/CYIyuUwIv3D/?utm_medium=tumblr
I've done absolutely nothing of intrinsic value today, except this. I dipped into a pair of autumnal "oolongs" from a small Darjeeling village called MandalGaon. These were passed my way by @tealeaftheory last year ... and I never got around to them until now. . . Unlike the other offerings from this village garden, tea leaves weren't given an extensive smoking or roasting. Rather, they were simply left to mid-oxidized. For one, the leaves weren't even treated to a rolling process. For the other, they were. And this was definitely apparent in the coloring of the leaves. More bruising was present in the rolled batch. . . After brewing for 3 minutes, the first oolong brewed light, while the other possessed a first flush amber palette. As for taste? The flat leaf version was kelpy and sweet, like Japanese Awabancha, while the other was requisitely Darjeeling. . . Fascinating processing experiments I wished I'd sipped sooner. . . #nofilters #tea #teapairing #darjeeling #autumnflush #oolongs https://www.instagram.com/p/BzblMMAA7KC/?igshid=400gau3u2dm4