Steeped - Delightful!

 

Recently an invitation popped up in my inbox from Tiffany,

the Events Coordinator, at Steven Smith Teamaker.

I was thrilled to be included in the kick off for a new book,

Steeped, Recipes Infused with Tea, by Annelies Zijderveld.

It has just been on the market about a week and a half

and you can find it at Amazon.com

Gathering in the kitchen we were greeted by the book author

and 6 cups of tea for tasting.  Each tea would be included in recipes

from the book, but first we did some tasting: Long Jing, Rooibos, Keemun,

Lord Bergamot, Masala Chai, and Matcha.  Always delicious TEA.

Samples of each were sent home with us, so we could begin our adventure

in cooking with tea.

 What fun to have a front row to Annelies demonstrations

on several recipes from the book.

 Many of her recipes have the tea ground in a herb grinder,

which is actually a coffee grinder that has not been used for coffee.

Here she is showing Geoff, another tea blogger, the results

of grinding tea.  Geoff also has a post, which you can find

at  http://steepstories.com/steeped-recipes-at-smiths/

Annelies made Hurricane Popcorn with Tea Furikake,

which used a coarsely ground Dragon Well tea with sesame seeds,

kosher salt, sugar, popcorn, and a nice oil.  It was quite delicious.

A yogurt parfait was the perfect treat to greet us.

The yogurt was infused with Lord Bergamot tea,

which just bumped this yogurt treat up several notches of delight.

A White Bean Walnut Spread was like a special

hummus treat.  I think this was my favorite treat of the day.
The Keemun smokiness just added something special.

To end the afternoon event of chatting, nibbling, snapping photos,

and visiting with other bloggers, staff at the tea shop, and especially Annelies

were an extra special day surrounded with tea.

Batch PDX also brought by tea infused chocolates just to end the day with sweetness.

Definitely, I can recommend this book.  Any tea lover would love adding it to their library.