For thousands of years, in cultures everywhere, people have been fermenting food to preserve and improve its flavor. In ...

“I have never tried matcha, and honestly, I do not feel the need to. I am not averse to green juices or healthy food in ...

Tea is experiencing a resurgence across restaurant menus, with both hot and iced varieties showing impressive growth as ...

Tea has long been associated with ritual. Japanese tea ceremonies are elaborate affairs, often lasting up to four hours, and ...

When Gaijin’s chef-partner Anand Morwani was on a long trip to Japan in 2024, he noticed that the best matcha — the kind used in tea ceremonies in Japan — had this natural sweetness, a sort of umami ...

For homemade shaved ice, Choi always recommends fresh fruit — but if you don’t have access to fruit, jams would work well too ...

Matcha is the new drink of choice at hip cafes worldwide, but Japanese producers are struggling to keep up with soaring ...

The knafeh at Taza speaks to Wisconsin’s love of cheese. The dessert, which builds on Palestinian traditions from the city of ...

Oolong Tea Flavor-wise, oolong sits somewhere between green and black tea; some are woody and smoky, others more floral. It’s a highly underrated tea for beginners.

Another popular drink on the menu is Lovers in Okinawa, named after the Japanese island of Okinawa. The cold beverage blends Okinawa brown sugar milk tea with brown sugar boba, coffee jelly ...