Mutsuko Tokunaga

New Tastes in Green Tea

A Novel Flavor for Familiar Drinks, Dishes, and Desserts

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Includes more than 50 recipes for both sweet and savoury treats, drinks and cocktails, with 60 colour and 40 b/w illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kodansha
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 144mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 332g
• ISBN-13: 9781568365718
• ISBN-10: 1568365713
• Artikelnr.: 44621765

Autorenporträt

Mutsuko Tokunaga; Foreword by Jane Pettigrew

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
FOREWORD     Jane Pettigrew     10
INTRODUCTION: A Green Treasure     12
Part 1
A TEA DRINKER’S GUIDE     14
Types of Japanese Green Tea     17
Tea Utensils     20
Making the Perfect Cup of Green Tea     23
    Sencha and fukamushicha
    Bancha, hojicha, and genmaicha
    Gyokuro
    Mizudashi-sencha
    Iced Sencha
Useful Tips for Making Tea     26
Matcha: How to Make and Drink it     28
    The Etiquette of Drinking Matcha     29
The Selection of Tea Utensils     31
Green Tea Cafes     32
Green Tea and Japanese Confectioneries     34
Traditional Teas – New Tastes     37
    Sencha/Gyokuro Drinks     38
    Matcha Drinks     41
Blends and Flavored Teas     46
    Herb Tea Blends     47
    Green and Black Tea Blends     48
    Fruit and Flower Teas     49
Part 2
ALL ABOUT GREEN TEA     50
The Cultivation of Tea Bushes     51
The Processing of Sencha     54
The Main Types of Tea     56
A Short History of Tea     58
Part 3
COOKING WITH GREEN TEA     64
Green Tea in Cooking     66
    The Components of Green Tea     68
Recipes     70
    Five Macha Spreads — Savory Dishes —
    Desserts and Teatime Treats
Part 4
OTHER FACTS ABOUT TEA     114
Common Questions about Green Tea     115
Health Benefits of Green Tea     118
Classic Green Tea Labels     122
Useful Household Tips with Green Tea     124
Tea and Proverbs     125
Acknowledgments     127