The natcho chips and salsa are of course a western sports tradition...
In breaks in the action I've been reading book 2 in the Tea Shop Mysteries series by Laura Childs.
Set in Charleston U.S.A the book is steeped in American teahouse culture providing, in the midst of the mystery plenty of information on different teas as well as the pastries served with them as part of the British/Western tea culture.
Ever since "Death by Darjeeling" I've been hooked on the series. Her website provides her stories in chronological order along with a synopsis for each : Tea Shop Mysteries.
I most highly recommend her stories for those getting into western tea culture or those looking to expand their western tea service.
Here's a picture of my gaiwan. I'll provide instruction on using a gaiwan in a future post. Once I get better and more familiar with the Gong-Fu tea ceremony.

It's cool to connect Sumo with Sencha. In green tea like sencha vitamin C and other healthy elements are included as you know. You study Western tea and Asian for your original tea, Mr.T?
ReplyDeleteI have studied Asian tea for a semester so far but haven't studied western tea at all. Theres so much more in Asian tea I want to study before I get into western tea.
ReplyDeleteVery thougghtful blog
ReplyDeleteLovved reading this thanks
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