Posted in Green tea + Oolong + Puerh on Sep 26, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This summer opened my eyes to making ones own herb teas – with fresh ingredients, chosen by which effects the different herbs are expected to have… here nettles (brændnælde), mint (mynte), and lemon balm (citronmelisse).
Enjoying the light filtered through the herbs…
And look at this one: rosemary with bubbles of air…
Ulla
Posted in Japanese confectionary on Sep 26, 2013| 1 Comment »
Here is a purple version of Asagao, morningglory, with a little dot of matcha green… 🙂
Ulla
Posted in Japanese confectionary on Sep 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
These purple flowers, morningglories, “asagao” in japanese, or “purpur-pragtsnerler” in danish) have been growing on my balcony, since I read a story connected with them, and then searched for the seeds on the internet.
The story goes: The tea-master Sen no Rikyu had quite a lot morningglories in his garden, and their fame reached the shogun Hideyoshi. He was invited to a teaceremony, but the day he entered the tea-garden, there were no flowers at all in sight. First he was sisseapointed – but in the tearoom, in a vase, there was a SINGLE morningglory. He was satisfied…
These japanese sweets are made of sweet beanpaste, matcha and agar agar…
Ulla
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