Green Tea for Two
Posted in Podcasts on October 3rd, 2006
While sipping the trendy beverage of the moment - green tea - the ladies talk about the endless list of products now incorporating this ancient eastern delight. From perfume to sorbet, and cat litter to candles, this product has become ubiquitous, not to mention the health claims made for it! Marketers are all over it, and green tea is all over everything! Salud!
Music: “Tea” by The Lindley Park from the album Tea
Billy Sugarfix says:
While listening to your podcast I dumped my last cup of coffee and brewed up some Green Tea. I can’t remember whether you mentioned them or not, but a local Sushi restaurant has green tea ice crea, which is different from the sorbet you mentioned.
October 17th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Susie Watson says:
Hey, Billy, you are the second person that said that about the green tea podcast. And the second to remind us of green tea ice cream. We must try that!! Thanks for listening.
October 17th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
The Tea Guy says:
After googling for podcasts on tea, your episode was the only one that bore real fruit!
One point of clarification about black tea (in parts of China, they call it “red” rea): It’s not fermented. Somehow that term has come into popular usage, even among tea producers. Black tea’s actually oxidized, which means it’s just exposed to the air, and thus turns green leaves to brown. Perhaps the connotation of “rust” that the word “oxidation” implies makes “fermentation” seem more palatable to consumers (particularly 18th century Englishmen used to drinking ale).
January 15th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Susie Watson says:
Thanks for the clarification Tea Guy! I must say my palate isn’t ready for fermentation if I know ahead of time that something is fermented.
January 15th, 2007 at 4:29 pm